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Stick to It: Adhesion II
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Water sticks to all kinds of things in nature — flowers, leaves, spider webs - and doesn't stick to others, such as a duck's back.
Exploring Forces: Gravity
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In this nanoscience activity, learners discover that it's easy to pour water out of a regular-sized cup, but not out of a miniature cup.
Changing the Density of an Object: Adding Material
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Learners see that a can of regular cola sinks while a can of diet cola floats. As a demonstration, bubble wrap is taped to the can of regular cola to make it float.
Water Ways
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In this activity (on page 2 of the PDF), learners explore surface tension by adding pennies to cups which are "full" of plain water or soapy water.
Use Clues to Solve an Ice Mystery
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Learners explore the variables that affect the properties of ice and the places where different types of ice are found.
Moving On Up: Capillary Action II
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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.
Heat Capacity: Can't Take the Heat?
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Why is ocean water sometimes the warmest when the average daily air temperature starts to drop? In this activity, learners explore the differing heat capacities of water and air using real data.
Fireworks in a Glass
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In this activity, learners use water, oil, and food coloring to observe a chemical reaction that creates a shower of colors inside of a glass.
Stuck on You: Adhesion
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Learners explore water adhesion and learn about why water molecules are more strongly attracted to some substances than others.
Giving Water the Treatment
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In this ecology activity (page 8 of the PDF), learners explore how to filter contaminated water using a variety of materials.
Global Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
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In this activity, learners practice the steps involved in a scientific investigation while learning why ice formations on land (not those on water) will cause a rise in sea level upon melting.
Exploring the Universe: Ice Orbs
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“Exploring the Solar System: Ice Orbs” is a hands-on activity in which visitors investigate a frozen orb, trying to learn about objects hidden inside.
Ocean Currents
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In this activity, learners will explore how density is affected by temperature and how that can create currents.
Forces at the Nanoscale: Nano Properties of Everyday Plants
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of PDF under Nasturtium Leaves Activity) about surface tension.
Mystery of the Disappearing Cottonwoods
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Learners will explore the scientific mystery behind a disappearing group of trees by examining data and attempting to explain the decline.
Cohesion Coin
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In this activity about the property of water (page 6 of the PDF), learners use a coin to demonstrate cohesion between water molecules, exploring the molecular forces that allow water molecules to "