Inspired by the secret to the Nile Delta’s fertility, engineers are using a concoction of clay, water and local soils to grow fruits in the desert. In March this year, just as countries across ...
The activity sheet will serve as the Evaluate component of the 5-E lesson plan. Hold up a ball of clay about the size of a ping pong ball and ask students if they think it will sink or float in water.
The oxygen atoms in water are also smaller and heavier than the carbon atoms in wax. This contributes to making water more dense than wax. Clay contains oxygen atoms like water but also contains ...