Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12
Subject
Physical Science, Technology, Chemistry, Matter and Its Properties, Space Station
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities, Videos
Surface Tension of water plays a unique role in living and working aboard the International Space Station. Watch Expedition 55/56 Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold demonstrate how water’s molecular properties behave in microgravity.
Classroom Connection: Surface Tension
Grade Level: 6-12
Time Required: 50 minutes
Next Generation Science Standards:
HS-PS1-3. Plan and conduct an investigation to gather evidence to compare the structure of substances at the bulk scale to infer the strength of electrical forces between particles.
MS-PS1-2. Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.