Curated OER
Forces in Earth
For this Earth's forces worksheet, students will review the characteristics of earthquakes, including types of faults. Students will interpret a seismograph read-out from an earthquake. Students will complete 10 fill in the blank...
Curated OER
Secrets of the Ocean Realm - In the School "Mountain in the Sea"
Young scholars learn how cold and warm water behave in the marine environment due to convection currents. Students also conduct an experiment to demonstrate the formation of a convection current.
Curated OER
Forces Inside Earth
In this Earth's forces worksheet, students will review vocabulary words associated with plate tectonics. This worksheet has 8 fill in the blank questions.
Curated OER
Cytoskeleton of a Cell
Students examine the cytoskeleton of a cell. They work together to build a structure with a certain number of materials. They share their "cell" with their classmates.
Curated OER
Practice Problems for the Net Force Particle Model
In this forces worksheet, students practice writing net force equations and solving for acceleration and distance objects travel in different situations. This worksheet has 7 problems to solve.
Curated OER
Water - the (Nearly) Universal Solvent
In this solvent learning exercise, students explore why water is considered a universal solvent. Students explore what can change dissolving rates. This learning exercise has 8 matching, 3 short answer, 11 fill in the blank, and 4...
Curated OER
A Model of Three Faults
Pupils investigate faults. In this science lesson, students explore the many stresses and strains in the earth's layers and research the types of faults in their state.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Cohesion & Adhesion in Liquids: Surface Tension, Capillary Action
By the end of this section, you will be able to understand cohesive and adhesive forces, define surface tension, and understand capillary action.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: Surface Tension
Students observe and investigate why water has a strong surface tension.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Cohesion and Adhesion in Liquids: Surface Tension and Capillary Action
From a chapter on Fluid Statics in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter describes the cohesive and adhesive forces in liquids, the role of cohesion in the surface tension of liquids and bubbles, and how capillary action works....
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Build a Bathtub Toy Raft Powered by Surface Tension
In this science activity, you will make a little toy raft that is powered by surface tension, and use your vessel to investigate how surface tension works.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Build a Motorboat Powered by Surface Tension
If you look carefully, you could find dozens of similar interesting phenomena that are all linked to the surface tension of water. Here is a project that will help you understand and measure the properties of water surface tension.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Measuring Surface Tension of Water With a Penny
Have you ever wondered what makes water 'bead' up on a freshly waxed car? In this project you'll investigate the chemistry of surface tension by measuring how many drops of water a penny can hold.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Surface Tension
Describes and explains the concept of Surface Tension. Also provides links to related topics.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Floating Metal Pins Discrepant Event/guided Inquiry on Surface Tension
Through a combination of an interactive demonstration and guided inquiry, students learn the basic nature of surface tension in liquids.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Surface Tension
Explore the chemical properties involved in surface tension.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Surface Tension
Georgia State explains, defines, and illustrates the concept of surface tension. Includes photos, examples and links to further information.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Surface Tension Basics
Young scholars are presented with the question: "Why does a liquid jet break up into droplets?" and introduced to its importance in inkjet printers. A discussion of cohesive forces and surface tension is included, as well as surface...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Surface Tension
Surface tension accounts for many of the interesting properties we associate with water. By learning about surface tension and adhesive forces, students learn why liquid jets of water break into droplets rather than staying in a...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Measuring Surface Tension
Students observe capillary action in glass tubes of varying sizes. Then they use the capillary action to calculate the surface tension in each tube. They find the average surface tensions and calculate the statistical errors.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Capillarity Measuring Surface Tension
Students are presented with a short lesson on the difference between cohesive forces (the forces that hold water molecules together and create surface tension) and adhesive forces (the forces that causes water to "stick" to solid...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Surface Tension Lab
Students extend their understanding of surface tension by exploring the real-world engineering problem of deciding what makes a "good" soap bubble. Student teams first measure this property, and then use this measurement to determine the...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Break the Tension
Students learn about and experiment with the concept of surface tension. How can a paper clip "float" on top of water? How can a paper boat be powered by soap in water? How do water striders "walk" on top of water? Why do engineers care...
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Surface Tension
Eeshan will describe what surface tension is and how it works to his friend Nitin.
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