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One page lab sheet for students to conduct experiments to determine "how many drops of water will fit on a penny before spilling over the side." I have them repeat the trials on both the heads and tails side of the penny. I also sometimes have them use pipettes vs. eyedroppers. This allows them to practice the scientific method, identify independent/dependent variables, and analyze the precision of their results. You can also take it another step farther by having students graph their results and/or graph their results vs. a partners and/or create a class average and graph (heads vs. tails in two colors), etc. * For collect information, I have them write the width of a penny and the width of the average size of a drop of water- I then explain that now they have information to help them make an educated guess (hypothesis).
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One page lab sheet for students to conduct experiments to determine "how many drops of water will fit on a penny before spilling over the side." I have them repeat the trials on both the heads and tails side of the penny. I also sometimes have them use pipettes vs. eyedroppers. This allows them to practice the scientific method, identify independent/dependent variables, and analyze the precision of their results. You can also take it another step farther by having students graph their results and/or graph their results vs. a partners and/or create a class average and graph (heads vs. tails in two colors), etc. * For collect information, I have them write the width of a penny and the width of the average size of a drop of water- I then explain that now they have information to help them make an educated guess (hypothesis).
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So much fun!
My students had so much fun doing this penny lab! Easy for them to do in groups.
Helpful and Easy to Change!
This was a helpful resource as we went through properties of water. This was easy to change to cater to my specific lesson. I highly recommend this item!
Great resource, thank you. It helped to keep my students engaged.
What a great way to get the students attention! This was such a fun and valuable activity! My students keep asking me if we can do it again! Great resource...Thank you!
The students loved using this resource for an end of year activity.
I love using this at the beginning of the year when we are discussing the scientific method.
Students loved this experiment. They could believe how many drops of water would stay on the penny. We tried it with clean and dirty pennies.
great resouce
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