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Learners explore water's property of cohesion through two investigations.

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

This activity explores the basic workings of a siphon, which is the core technology that makes toilets work.

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

In this investigation, learners explore the force known as buoyancy by placing various objects into water and observing how they behave (for example, which sink more quickly, which float, how much wat

In this hands-on activity, learners use the steps of the design process to create a hook to rescue a "space capsule" from the water.

Learners add two dyes to mineral oil and water, and then compare their miscibility (how well they mix) in each.

In this activity learners explore surface tension. Why are certain objects able to float on the surface of water and how do detergents break the surface tension of water?

Learners work in pairs to design, construct, and test a device that exhibits positive, neutral, and negative buoyancy. They test a number of different objects in water to see if they sink or float.

Electrolysis is the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen. This Exploratorium activity allows learners to visualize the process with an acid-based indicator.

In this activity, learners of all ages can become food scientists by experimenting with flour and water to make basic pasta.

In this activity (on pages 29-35), learners examine water pollution and filtration.

In this activity, learners build water-propelled engines from soft drink cans.

Learners explore how the attractive forces between water molecules create surface tension and allow certain objects to float on the surface of water.

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.

In this activity, learners create a biosphere in a baggie.

Learners explore capillary action in plants (such as plants ability to move water from roots to leaves) in an investigation called Paper Blooms.