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The Cork Floats Where?
Have your ever noticed that a cork floats in the middle of a glass that's filled to the brim with water, but will always float along the inside edge of a glass that's only half full with water? It's true! Young scientists ponder this...
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Water String Travels
Young scholars examine the properties of water and conduct experiments demonstrating adhesion. Using a wet string, they observe water moving by adhesion from a beaker full of water to an empty one. They draw cartoons of water molecules...
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States of Matter and Gas Laws
In this matter activity, students review the states of matter and the gas law formulas and equations. Students then complete 7 multiple choice questions and 6 problems.
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Transport in Plants
Quite a detailed and advanced look at the transport mechanisms of a plant. The absorption and control of sugar and water concentration are explained and will help an understanding of homeostasis concepts and organ specialization.
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How Much Do I Know About Water?
Sixth graders explore ways to analyze the properties of water and examine the chemistry of water. In this water lesson students work in groups and complete several activities.
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Forces: Key Words
In this forces: key words worksheet, 8th graders fill in 8 blanks about forces in physics, then copy 12 key words 4 times each, rewrite these words in alphabetical order, and write sentences for 2 of the words.
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Forces in Liquids
In this forces in liquids worksheet, students read their notes and answer short answer questions about forces in liquids. Students complete 6 questions total.
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How Much Do I Know About Water?
Sixth graders explore how water behaves on a penny. In this states of matter lesson, 6th graders observe water as they add drops to a penny. This lesson helps students apply the adhesive properties of water to the water cycle.
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Weird Water
In this weird water learning exercise, students read for information and assess comprehension. In this true and false, fill in the blank, and multiple choice learning exercise, students answer ten questions.
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Water Properties introduction
Students list items they know and want to know about water on personal K-W-L charts. They describe what happened during the warm up activity in their science journal. Students travel to four different stations and perform the different...
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Does Size Matter?
Young scholars explore the surface area to volume ratio in cellular respiration. While participating in an interactive lab experiment, they examine proportional surface area and discuss nanotechnology. Students observe the...
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Forces In Liquids
In this science worksheet, students apply themselves to the acquisition of new vocabulary while solving the crossword puzzle.
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The Basics of Biochemistry
Science teachers can introduce basic chemical concepts to biology students.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Water Molecules: Adhesion and Cohesion
An activity where students observe the properties of water. During this lab, students will see the nature of waters property by observing both the adhesive and cohesive properties.
Fact Monster
Fact Monster: Adhesion and Cohesion
The forces of adhesion and cohesion are compared and contrasted. Various phenomena which can be explained by such forces are identified and discussed.
Other
Wilkes Univ.: Cohesion, Adhesion, and Spreading
Wilkes University provides information on the liquid properties of cohesion, adhesion, spreading and surfactants.
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.
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....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Water, Acids, and Bases: Cohesion and Adhesion of Water
This article defines and discusses cohesion and adhesion. Understand these two topics and their importance in hydrogen bonding.
Science Struck
Science Struck: The Concept and Meaning of Capillary Action
Defines capillary action and discusses its applications. The physics of surface tension, cohesion, and adhesion are explained and a simple experiment is provided. Includes a number of examples where capillary action takes place.
Science Struck
Science Struck: An in Depth Comparison of Cohesion vs. Adhesion
Explains what cohesion and adhesion are; what their effects are in a liquid; what surface tension, a meniscus, and capillary action are; and gives examples of where one can observe cohesion and adhesion.
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...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cohesion and Adhesion: Lesson 2
This lesson will explain the properties of cohesion and adhesion. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Cohesion and Adhesion."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cohesion and Adhesion: Lesson 3
This lesson will explain the properties of cohesion and adhesion. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Cohesion and Adhesion."