Home Connections: Sticking Together

How do water striders manage to skitter across the surface of a creek or pond? This article addresses this question by explaining the basics about surface tension. It features two activities for students to try at home: Bulging Water and Soap and Surface Tension.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 11/1/2003Stock # sc03_041_03_47Volume 041Issue 03

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