Worksheet
Curated OER

Forces in Earth

For Students 5th - 8th
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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Secrets of the Ocean Realm - In the School "Mountain in the Sea"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Forces Inside Earth

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Earth's forces worksheet, students will review vocabulary words associated with plate tectonics. This worksheet has 8 fill in the blank questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cytoskeleton of a Cell

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Practice Problems for the Net Force Particle Model

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
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.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Water - the (Nearly) Universal Solvent

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Model of Three Faults

For Teachers 7th - 12th
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.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Cohesion & Adhesion in Liquids: Surface Tension, Capillary Action

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to understand cohesive and adhesive forces, define surface tension, and understand capillary action.
Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: Surface Tension

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students observe and investigate why water has a strong surface tension.
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Cohesion and Adhesion in Liquids: Surface Tension and Capillary Action

For Students 11th - 12th
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....
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Build a Bathtub Toy Raft Powered by Surface Tension

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Build a Motorboat Powered by Surface Tension

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Measuring Surface Tension of Water With a Penny

For Students 6th - 8th
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.
Handout
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Surface Tension

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes and explains the concept of Surface Tension. Also provides links to related topics.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Floating Metal Pins Discrepant Event/guided Inquiry on Surface Tension

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through a combination of an interactive demonstration and guided inquiry, students learn the basic nature of surface tension in liquids.
Graphic
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Surface Tension

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the chemical properties involved in surface tension.
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Surface Tension

For Students 9th - 10th
Georgia State explains, defines, and illustrates the concept of surface tension. Includes photos, examples and links to further information.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Surface Tension Basics

For Teachers 10th - 12th
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...
Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Surface Tension

For Teachers 10th - 12th
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...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Measuring Surface Tension

For Teachers 10th - 12th
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.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Capillarity Measuring Surface Tension

For Teachers 10th - 12th
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...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Surface Tension Lab

For Teachers 10th - 12th
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...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Break the Tension

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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...
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Surface Tension

For Students 3rd - 8th
Eeshan will describe what surface tension is and how it works to his friend Nitin.

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