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How Can We Find Out What Is in Water?

How Can We Find Out What Is in Water?

Environmental Science and Health

Learn helpful techniques for how to teach the lesson, "How Can We Find Out What Is in Water?" in which students use simple paper chromatography to investigate a mystery liquid.

Companion slide set to the demonstration video, "How Can We Find Out What Is in Water?"


Funded by the following grant(s)

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH

The Environment as a Context for Opportunities in Schools
Grant Numbers: 5R25ES010698, R25ES06932


Houston Endowment Inc.

Houston Endowment Inc.

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