Walking Water

6/5/16

This morning, Room 8 took part in an experiment called Walking Water. Before starting, we had to discuss what we thought might happen after completing the experiment. We had to write predictions.

Here are some of our predictions:

"I think the liquid will soak up through the paper towels into the cup. I think that because paper towels are like toilet paper and they soak up water."
- Deacon

I think the blue water will rise up one of the paper towels and the yellow water will be soaked up by the other one. I think this because paper towels are like towels and soak up moisture.
- Taejin

When Mrs Johnstone came in to help us, she had a great wondering: she asked what would happen if we used tissues (she thought they would be too thin and break). Guess what? The tissues were much more absorbent than the cheap paper towels. Miss Osborn wonders if thick paper towels would soak up the water quicker, what do you think?