There’s a lot of information out there about eggs; often referred to as the perfect food! So, if you are in need of some ideas for teaching a unit or just a few lessons or labs about eggs, here are a variety of ideas and resources to choose from.

Video Clips

• Are Eggs the Perfect Food?
• How It’s Made Eggs
• Incredible Edible Egg Tricks:  nutrients, fresh vs. old egg test, how to separate, unique ways to prepare eggs (scramble, poach, over-easy (fried) soft and hard boiled eggs) and easy ways to peel
• Anatomy of an Egg

Websites

• The Incredible Edible Egg
• American Egg Board
• How to Cook Eggs & Recipes
• Benefits of Eggs & Recipes

Activities

• Anatomy of an Egg— Label the parts of the egg.
• Egg Parts–Blank worksheet & Key

Lab Ideas

• Hard Boiled Eggs (Baked & Boiled)–Use to make a variety of Deviled Eggs in the Deviled Egg Duels (contest)
  • Boiling the Perfect Egg Recipe
  • Baking the Perfect Egg Recipe
• Deviled Egg Duels (PDF)
  • Each group selects a different recipe to prepare and present before a panel of judges.  Delicious Egg Award goes to the group receiving the highest score based on taste, appearance, texture, creativity  and presentation.
• Deviled Egg Recipes
• Create Your Own Omelet: Panini Grill Lab