Description: This experiment demonstrates how temperature affects water movement through convection currents using food coloring. By comparing the results, they’ll gain a visual understanding of how heat influences fluid dynamics and it can be applied to plate tectonics. |
Created by: Mike Williams |
Subject: HS: Earth and Space Sciences |
Subtopic: History of Earth |
Standard: HS-ESS1-5: Evidence of Plate Tectonics |
Resource: Laboratory / Inquiry |
Shared: 01/01/2025 |
Format: File |
For non-commercial educational use under a: Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
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