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Teach Engineering: Measuring Surface Tension

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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.

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Concepts
capillary action, surface tension, stem
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Additional Tags
adhesive force, chemical engineering concepts, cohesive force, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering
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Resource Details
Grade
10th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Activities & Projects
Audiences
For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
0L
NGSS
HS-PS1-3