Monday, July 14, 2014

Floating Paperclips

Normally paperclips don't float, but there is a way to make them float using surface tension.  To create the surface tension, we lightly placed tissue paper on top of the water.  Then, without pushing on the tissue paper, we placed a dry paperclip on top.  Pushing on the tissue paper with the eraser end of an old pencil, we sunk the tissue paper, leaving the paperclip on top of the water.

Lab Sheet:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pVHF8jT_Syu2duja8oYK4jGxBU3fJI1C-cfm9HgiXIY/edit?usp=sharing

Helpful Website:  http://www.sciencebob.com/experiments/paperclip.php




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