Help DS 6 has seen an experiment on Backyard Science that makes an egg into gold

[MilaMae]

I know but he's insisting so I thought I'd help him do the experiment so he can see it's errrr not actually going to happen.

Anybody know what we have to do?

He wants to make 2 so he can sell one to make us rich

well what was the experinebt really?

cant you google it and find out what it really was so you can explain to him about it

Have googled but can't find anything I wasn't in the room when he saw it.

We do this one, but it turns into silver.

Simply take an uncooked egg in it's shell and get a match/candle/lighter, light it, then put the egg into the flame so that it becomes covered in soot. Then place the egg in a bowl of water, it goes silver.

Could it be that one?

I think you've got it yay!!!!!!!

Dtwin 2 has been bleating in the background about it being silver and some black (we shooshed him).

My dc love doing this

I got it from the book 'How to Fossilise your Hamster'.

Have fun.

Update:- Ds insisted he had to colour it black, I held out for the flame unfortunately in the debarcle the last egg got broken. So will stock up on eggs tomorrow and try one of each.

That book sounds great -thanks!