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Water Drops On A Penny Lab (Surface Tension, Cohesion, Polar vs. Non-polar)

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Midwest Science
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Grade Levels
5th - 10th
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Pages
7 pages
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This is my first year teaching science and this was everything I needed to do the famous penny lab. My students enjoyed documenting their work. I enjoyed the lesson of charting and averaging your findings. Thanks for a great resource.
Easy to use! The lab instructions were simple and clearly written, and the lab worksheet gave the students guidance through the lab.
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This download is a 3 page activity that directions students though the classic water drops on a penny lab. The front page includes pre-lab questions that challenge students to write a hypothesis & a prediction and includes the directions for each trial and charts for them to record their data.

Trial 1 - Slowly drop water drops on penny

Trial 2 - Quickly drop water drops on penny

Trial 3 - Slowly drop soapy water drops on penny

The second page includes a background information & questions section that explains the science behind why water sticks together and why soap might prevent this from happening. It also includes a small area where students will calculate the mass & moles of water that they could fit on the penny. The last page includes a conclusion section, analyzing the lab section, and a word search just for fun.

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Total Pages
7 pages
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Teaching Duration
55 minutes
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