Friday 3 February 2023

When it gets cold outside...we eggs-periment!

Today has been declared the coldest day since 2016 here in Ontario. Since the cold weather coincides with garbage and compost pick-up, when I was cleaning out the fridge, I found an expired egg we could work with to bring outside and see how long it would take to freeze.

It's currently -19 C here, -30 C with the wind chill factor (and my car dash read -7 F this morning), so that's cold!

After school, Molly and I bundled up, cracked an egg on a plate, and rested the eggshell between some stacks of bread to keep it elevated while the yolk froze. It took just over 20 minutes of the egg being outside to get this result. This somewhat justifies my decision to pick up the kids from school by car this afternoon instead of us walking!






To see our frozen jeans experiment click here.

To see our elevated frozen spaghetti click here.