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Walking water with Tracy Hughes

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  • Duration: 3 mins
  • Publication date: 02 Jun 2020
  • Part of series STEM experiments for Kids

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2uy5l2Q9DA

Tracy Hughes, together with her children, demonstrate the walking water science experiment where the water travels up the paper towels and the colours mix together creating new colours! All you will need to join in yourself are some small plastic cups, paper towels, food colouring in primary colours, and some water.

Further STEM video teaching resources available: education.theiet.org/video-teaching-resources/

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