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Your plants will survive without you. Scholars create a device that can water plants using a coiled string. Along the way, they learn about adhesion and cohesion of water. The challenge is to keep the plants alive for at least a week.
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Instructional Ideas
- Ask a florist to donate flower pots
Classroom Considerations
- Activity requires 30 minutes, but class members need to monitor plants over the course of a week
- Requires a variety of materials
Pros
- Diagrams in the instructions help show the setup
- Lists some discussion questions to use with the class
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- None