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Egg Shell Garden Science Experiment for Kids of All Ages

This spring, celebrate new life and growing things with the egg shell garden science experiment for kids! Your kids will love growing these tiny gardens as one of their science experiments for kids. It’s the perfect addition to your spring STEM activities!

Earth Day is all about celebrating and taking care of our world. For one of this year’s Earth Day STEM activities, I wanted my kids to think about how they can recycle other materials and use them in a new way to avoid having to buy new supplies for every project. The kids decided they wanted to plant mini gardens inside egg shells. The egg shell garden science activity is the perfect way to view nature, seed science, and growing all up close and on a miniature scale. Plus, the little egg shell gardens look adorable! You can also do this experiment as an Easter STEM activity.

This spring, celebrate new life and growing things with the egg shell garden science experiment for kids! Your kids will love growing these tiny shell gardens. Learn how things grow with these egg shells gardens. #stemactivities #scienceexperiment #science #springactivities

EGG SHELLS GARDEN: SPRING SCIENCE EXPERIMENT FOR KIDS

For more garden science experiments, try learning how trees breathe, the seed sprouting science experiment, and making your own 3D model of a rose.

 

Find more thematic units here!

EGG SHELL GARDEN SCIENCE

Seeds will grow differently in various conditions. Try placing one egg shell in full sun, one in partial sun, one indoors, and one in the dark. Which seeds grow best? What seeds have trouble growing? You can also find out which seeds grow best inside an egg shell, or compare different soil types.  Use a magnifying glass to examine the seed sprouts up close. What do you notice about them?

Experiment with different seeds, different locations for your egg shell gardens, different types of soil, and different light levels. You could even try playing different kinds of music for your egg shell gardens and see if plants grow differently with different styles of music!

 

GET THE SCIENCE EXPERIMENT WORKSHEET!
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Expand on your egg shell science experiment with the free printable science experiment worksheet. It’s the perfect way to help children go through the scientific process with every science experiment they try. Record your variables and your results on these worksheets.

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EGG SHELL GARDEN SCIENCE EXPERIMENT

Follow our directions to make your science experiment using egg shell gardens. Try several variable to make this garden science experiment educational and fun. Add other elements of engineering, technology, and math to make this activity into a full-blown STEM activity.

This spring, celebrate new life and growing things with the egg shell garden science experiment for kids! Your kids will love growing these tiny shell gardens. Learn how things grow with these egg shells gardens. #stemactivities #scienceexperiment #science #springactivities

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What you’ll need to make egg shell gardens:

This spring, celebrate new life and growing things with the egg shell garden science activity for kids! Your kids will love growing these tiny gardens.

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  • Egg shells
  • Grass seeds (or other seeds of small plants)
  • Soil (potting soil, or you can use dirt from your yard)
  • Hot glue gun and glue sticks
  • Wax paper
  • Magnifying glass

DOING THE EGG SHELL GARDEN SCIENCE EXPERIMENT

The first step is to remove the egg from the shell. We cracked open the skinny end of the egg and made scrambled eggs out of the centers. We rinsed and dried the egg shells.

Egg shells are round, so they won’t stand up on their own unless you give them a stand. We made a stand by placing a glob of hot glue onto a piece of wax paper. Next, we stuck the egg shell into the glob of glue before it was dry. When the glue dried, we peeled the egg (carefully) off of the wax paper and it would stand on its own.

This spring, celebrate new life and growing things with the egg shell garden science activity for kids! Your kids will love growing these tiny gardens.

Put dirt inside the eggs and sprinkle with seeds. Dampen the seeds and place in a sunny spot (or in different spots if you are comparing growing conditions).

Wait for seeds to sprout. You should start to see sprouts within a week.

This spring, celebrate new life and growing things with the egg shell garden science activity for kids! Your kids will love growing these tiny gardens.

After a few weeks, your spouts will be growing nicely. Examine them with a magnifying glass. Look at the sprouts and the roots and compare textures and discuss why plants have these parts and what they use them for.

 

This spring, celebrate new life and growing things with the egg shell garden science activity for kids! Your kids will love growing these tiny gardens.

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Complete an Earth Day Unit Study!

This spring, celebrate new life and growing things with the egg shell garden science activity for kids! Your kids will love growing these tiny gardens.

Use these resources to build a complete earth day unit study.

Seed Sprouting Science Experiment

Recycled Paper Activity

Inspiring Earth Day Reading List for Children by Crafty Mama in ME

Earth Day Inspired Tissue Paper & Water Transfer Art by Play Dough & Popsicles

Book Inspired Bird Activity by Bambini Travel

Earth Day Literacy Activities by Books and Giggles

Environmental Books for Kids by The Jenny Evolution

Earth Science Crafts for Kids byThe Usual Mayhem

Earth Day Activity by The Moments at Home

Earth Day Worksheet by Mrs. Karle’s Sight and Sound Reading

Earth Day Activities for Teens by FrogMom

Filed Under: Spring, STEM Tagged With: science experiments for kids, spring activities

About Brenda Priddy

I'm Brenda, a writer and mom to two girls (10 and 4) from Dallas, TX. My passions are STEM activities, hands-on learning, and finding creative ways to teach kids with ADHD. Also, coffee. Always coffee.

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