Table Hockey with an Egg Science Activity for Kids

This egg science activity is naturally FUN because kids can PLAY while they LEARN and observe friction and physics playing table hockey.Thank you for visiting….

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This egg science activity is naturally FUN because kids can PLAY while they LEARN and observe friction and physics playing table hockey.

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I have an easy STEM science and physics activity to share with you today that my little preschooler and I did. It’s tons of fun because you literally get to play with your food, and it’s a great way to demonstrate the difference between rolling and gliding, as well as how lubricants and molecules affect movement and friction between two objects.

Since Easter is right around the corner I figure this is the perfect way to use up all your Easter Eggs that are lying around. Need more Egg ideas? Your kids will LOVE making a Bouncy Egg Science Experiment, playing with Frozen fizzy Easter eggs, and Dying Eggs with Coffee Filters.

This egg science activity is naturally FUN because kids can PLAY while they LEARN and observe friction and physics playing table hockey. #kidsactivity #scienceexperiment #homeschool

Science at home or school does not have to be complicated to entertain and teach your kids. It also doesn’t have to include baking soda or vinegar. We used a table, water, and an egg… the rest of the supplies were added in for fun.

How to Make a Hockey Table with Pool Noodles

We cut up pool noodles and used painter’s tape to secure them to our table. I made a goal and lined the edge of the table so our egg would bounce off the edge and not fall off the table. If you don’t have pool noodles on hand, just be prepared to wash the egg off if it falls or have extra eggs on hand. The smoother and cleaner the surface of the egg will be, the better it will glide across your hockey table.

Egg: Kids Science Activity

This egg science activity is naturally FUN because kids can PLAY while they LEARN and observe friction and physics playing table hockey. #kidsactivity #scienceexperiment #homeschool

Spoiler Alert: We made a video to show you how well an egg works as a hockey puck. 

Supplies:

  • Boiled Eggs that have been peeled (To peel an egg easily, crack the shell, place the egg in a cup of water and shake vigorously, then remove the peel with a spoon)
  • Flat glass surface (table or dish)
  • Water
  • Marker
  • Supplies to make goals (I taped pool noodles to our table but if you are using a dish you could use popsicle sticks)
  • Pretend hockey sticks (We used spatulas and our hands)

Directions:

1.  Set up your hockey table. Set the egg on the table and try to slide it across. You should notice that it will roll instead of glide.

2.  Add water (lubricant) to the surface of the table covering it completely. Now try and slide your egg across the table. It should gently glide across. If it doesn’t add more water. I used a marker to draw a dot on our egg to make a visual reference that made it easier to tell if the egg was gliding or rolling.

To explain this activity we talked about how water molecules make it easier for the egg to slide across the surface because water is a liquid and reduces friction because the molecules are loose. We checked out our sand as a visual model of water molecules and put some on the ground. We tried to slide our foot on the ground without sand, and then with sand. Just like our hockey activity, the second try was the easiest.

After all the discussion we just played and had a great time! Now it’s your turn to play a round of Egg Table Hockey.

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(Originally posted 3/27/2015, Updated 2/19/24)

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