Media
Surface tension | States of matter and intermolecular forces | Chemistry | Khan Academy (4:30 – first 2:30 only)
Surface Tension and Adhesion | Fluids | Physics | Khan Academy (6:37)
What is Surface Tension? | Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds | Earth Science (3:50 – first 2:40 only)
Physics Girl – 7 Science Tricks with Surface Tension (3:27)
Surface tension also allows water to form a bubble (meniscus) above its container.
Meniscus and Wetting. Water, Alcohol and Mercury (1:00)
Liquid mercury has very large surface tension.
Terminator 2 Liquid T-1000 Scene (0:36)
Activities
- Soap Boat Experiment – Play with surface tension to make a paper boat sails on water using soap (1:22)
- How many drops of water can you put on a nickel using an eye dropper?
- Fill a test tube almost to the top with water. Using an eye dropper, add a single drops of water. Have your partner add a drop. Whoever adds the drop that makes the water spill over loses the game.