Eggsperiment

Team Gunson have been conducting an experiment to see what happens to egg shells when they are kept in six different liquids for a week. We used eggs because the shells are similar to the enamel on our teeth and wanted to see the results! We observed and recorded the changes each day. The energy drink dissolved the eggshell away and formed a white substance all over the shell. The diet coke went brown and speckly, while the coke egg went even more brown and was slightly rough to the touch. The orange juice egg formed a layer of sludge over the top of the egg and the shell itself was peeling away in big sections Our eggsperiments led us to conclude that the sugar or acid in different liquids we drink can dissolve the enamel on our teeth, as they did on the eggs. If we want to keep our teeth healthy, we therefore need to think about what we eat and drink.