Ice is a mineral. Liquid water is molten ice.
A Teacher Institute Workshop presented on November 8, 2003 by Paul Doherty
We'll begin with two hands-on Explorations.
Boyling
Water, Water can be made to boil at
0°C by reducing the pressure on the water inside a syringe.
http://www.exo.net/~pauld/activities/boylingwater.html
Cloud
in a Bottle, a Snack from the original
Exploratorium Science Snackbook, now available free on-line.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/fog_chamber.html
Coriolis Fountain, When water squirts out from a rotating fountain it is pushed to the side by a coriolis force in the rotating reference fame.
Coriolis Model, Investigate corilis forces using a rotating transparency.
There are several free weather resources available on the Exploratorium website.
Exploratorium
weather station. The Exploratorium has a
weather station on its roof. The data is available on-line in real
time.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/weather
Exploratorium Climate Explorer. The Exploratorium has created a web page where you can explore real-time and historical data dealing with the earth's climate. http://www.exploratorium.edu/climate
Exploratorium
Educator Digital Assets, A collection of
several thousand images, videos, and other media available for use by
educators. Try a keyword search using "cloud."
http://sagan.exploratorium.edu/Cumulus5/ed
(Note the word Cumulus begins with a capital C)
There is a video titled "The Water Cycle" showing the water cycle in action.
Water
Cycle Video by Andre Zdravic and Paul
Doherty Images of the water cycle in action.
http://www.exo.net/~pauld/activities/watercyclevideo.html
An introduction to solids liquids and gasses, how to do tests to determine the difference between a solid, a liquid and a gas. http://www.exo.net/~pauld/physics/solidliquidgas.html
Scientific Explorations with Paul Doherty |
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