Launchpad: Surface Tension On-Board the International Space Station
Join the Teaching From Space Team on-orbit to learn about surface tension. Learn why water drops form perfect spheres and how the mutual attraction of water molecules forms a tight skin on water surfaces.
Background Information
Grades 9 through 12
- NASA A Day In the Life
- NASA International Space Station
- NASA International Space Station National Laboratory
- NASA Space Station News
- NASA JSC International Space Station - Johnson Space Center
Activities
Grades 9 through 12
- NASA Teach Station
- NASA ISSLive!
- NASA Now in Space
- NASA Spot the Station
- NASA Station Spacewalk Game
- NASA STEM on Station