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In this activity, learners explore the different salinities of various sources of water by taste-testing.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (on pages 29-35), learners examine water pollution and filtration.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity on page 4 of the PDF (Water in Our World), learners conduct some quick and easy tests to determine the differences between water and other liquids that look very similar to water.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners conduct a "blind" taste-test of several types of enhanced or fitness water drinking water that has commercially added substances like vitamins, sugars, or herbs.

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Learners demonstrate how water can distort, refract and magnify light.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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Learners explore how the attractive forces between water molecules create surface tension and allow certain objects to float on the surface of water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners compare the weight of equal volumes of wax, water, and clay. Learners discover that since the wax weighs less than an equal volume of water, it is less dense than water and will float.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners investigate how the temperature of water affects its density.

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Over the course of several days, learners explore the property of water that helps plants move water from roots to leaves or gives paper towels the capacity to soak up water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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Learners explore water's property of cohesion through two investigations.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore the forces at work in water. Learners experiment to find out what happens to pepper in water when they touch it with bar soap and liquid detergent.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners create hard water by mixing Epsom salt and water. Then they compare what happens when soap solution is mixed with hard water and regular water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners conduct an experiment to explore how water flows up from a tree's roots to its leafy crown.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners touch supercooled water drops with an ice crystal and trigger the water drops to freeze instantly.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners compare water pressure at different depths. Learners discover that water pressure increases with depth.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners explore capillary action in plants (such as plants ability to move water from roots to leaves) in an investigation called Paper Blooms.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (page 2 of PDF under GPS: Glaciers Activity), learners will measure the rate at which water streams out of a leaky cup.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this three-part activity, learners play a game and conduct two simple experiments to explore water and surface tension. Learners will have fun discovering how water "sticks" together.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In an investigation called "Shape It!" learners craft tiny boats out of clay, set them afloat on water and then add weight loads to them, in order to explore: how objects stay afloat in water; what th

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners add different liquids (water, salt water, alcohol, and detergent solution) to water and observe the different ways the different liquids combine with water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes