A helpful learning exercise describes an interesting demonstration on the surface tension of water. Learners guess how many drops of water the heads side of a penny will hold. This resource does a great job of describing just how a penny...

Young scientists explore the concept of surface tension at is applies to water. For this activity, learners use a dropper to place drops of water on a penny. Each group guesses how many drops a heads-up penny will hold, then conducts the...

I can get more water to stay on a penny than you can! Collaborative pairs determine the volume of liquids that can be contained on the surface of copper pennies and plastic coins. The pairs analyze their results using graphs and go on to...

In this science worksheet, learners learn about surface tension by performing an investigation with drops of clean and soapy water on a penny.

In this surface tension worksheet, students predict how many drops of water they can put on a coin. They test their hypothesis and repeat their experiment three times. They record their data and average their trials.

In this properties of water instructional activity, students explore the surface tension and cohesion properties of water compared to other liquids in a 2 part experiment.