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Surface Tension On Coins

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Students drop water onto clean coins to determine the tension of each coin and then to graph their findings.

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Grade
5th - 7th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
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Inquiry-Based Learning
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