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Elliot and the Surfing Scientist: Pepper scatter experiment

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Watch what happens in this pepper scatter experiment by Surfing Scientist, Ruben Meerman. Ruben demonstrates an important property of water, surface tension, by dipping a toothpick into water sprinkled with pepper. Find out what happens when detergent is added.

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Topics Safety Accuracy and precision Data analysis Properties of matter Data representation Risk management Surface tension Data collection Gases Solids (Matter) Liquids Cooperation Experiments Evidence Scientific inquiry Observations (Data) Instrumentation (Technology) Independent variables Scientific control Predictions (Science) SI units Patterns Independence (Experiments) Explanations (Scientific inquiry) Interdisciplinary research Research questions Modelling

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