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Drops on a Penny

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Young scientists explore the concept of surface tension at is applies to water. In 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 experiment. The groups combine data to come up with the mean, median, and mode.

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water molecules, h2o, surface tension, mean, central tendency, average, median, mode

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mean, median, mode, surface tension, water molecules, math
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2nd - 3rd
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Math
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