What’s So Special About Water: Overview

Introduction to the “What’s So Special About Water” activity series. Included in this series are four activity plans that can be used as stand-alone activities or as part of a series. The activity plans are: “Absorption, “Surface Tension,” “It’s Ice, Water, Steam,” and Solubility & Density.” Important in this series is a tip sheet, “Science […]

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What’s So Special About Water: Solubility & Density

Science can be fun as kids learn science skills along with exploring the natural world of water. Youth have fun discovering and using their critical thinking to determine why water can dissolve some things but not others. (2 pages, 68 KB) Key words – science, water, solvent, density, hypothesis, molecule Details Publication Number: ACTpa025 Category: […]

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What’s So Special About Water: Surface Tension

Science can be fun as kids learn science skills along with exploring the natural world of water. Through the “Amazing Water Race” and other activities, youth learn about the strong force that holds the surface of liquids together. (3 pages, 371 KB) Key words – science, water, attract, molecule Details Publication Number: ACTpa023 Category: Natural […]

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