User:Csmith6/Water Lily Lesson

Materials

 * Beakers
 * Different width tubes(clear)
 * Water
 * Food Coloring
 * Projector

Procedure

 * 1) Begin by filing the beakers with water
 * 2) Add food coloring to the water in the beakers
 * 3) Place different width tubes in the colored water
 * 4) Set up projector so that the beaker is projected onto a screen
 * 5) Shows different water levels in each different tube

Science Connection
Surface tension, which relates to water lily lesson because it exemplifies why the paper lily floats on the water.

Materials

 * Paper Template
 * Crayons/Colored Pencils
 * Scissors
 * Shallow Container
 * Water

Procedure

 * 1) Pass out a water lily template to each student
 * 2) Have each student decorate their lily and then cut them out(Figure 1)
 * 3) Each "petal" then must be folded into the middle so that the tips of each petal are touching (figure 2)
 * 4) Then place each lily on the surface of the water
 * 5) Observe the petals of the lilies open slowly (Figure 3)

Science Connection

 * Capillary Action
 * Surface Tension