What’s So Special About Water: Evaluation

Instrument to evaluate the “What’s So Special About Water” activity series. Included in this evaluation is a board game, observation worksheet, and summary of evaluation data.  (6 pages, 85 KB) Key words – science, water, experiment, evaluation, observation, analysis Details Publication Number: ACTpa021 Category: Natural Resources Sub-Category: Water Type: Activity Plan Audience: Volunteer Links What’s […]

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What’s So Special About Water: It’s Ice, Water, Steam

Science can be fun as kids learn science skills along with exploring the natural world of water. This lesson is about water and its different forms. Water is one of the few substances on earth that can be easily found in all three states — solid, liquid and gas. (3 pages, 74 KB) Key words – […]

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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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You Be the Photo Judge!

Judging is an excellent way to introduce or reinforce basic photo composition rules. In this fun group activity, youth will judge groups of photos based on five basic rules of composition. (4 pages, 360 KB) Details Publication Number: ACTpa003 Category: Arts & Communication Sub-Category: Photography Type: Activity Plan Audience: Volunteer Links You Be the Photo […]

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