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Science Shorts: Comparing Liquids
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Children experience the physical properties of liquids as they watch raindrops run down a window, observe how insects can walk on water, and notice how the “shape” of a liquid matches the container in which it is held.…
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Sensing Matter—Is It a Liquid or Solid?
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Students classify materials based on physical properties.
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Science 101: How Does a Thermos “Know” to Keep Hot Liquids Hot and Cold Liquids Cold?
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This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This issue discusses heat transfer.
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Blue Solids, Red Liquids, and Yellow Gases
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During this eye-opening unit, students create visual representations of some very abstract concepts, and in the process eliminate many of their misconceptions about matter. All you need are some colored pencils and…
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Science 101: What Is the Difference Between Solids and Liquids?
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This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses the definitions of solids and liquids.
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Favorite Demonstration: The Roles of Different Mobile Phases in Liquid Chromatography
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The activity described in this article will demonstrate the role of mobile phase polarity on the separation of dyes having different solubilities in polar and nonpolar solutions. A paper chromatography system is used in…
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Exploring the properties of liquid, and solid, water
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Photo by Em Parkinson. Exploring ice is an activity that children find interesting all year round. I remember the thin sheets of ice that would form in winter at what was usually the surface of a puddle in the…
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