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April 29 2021

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the 3rd grade tests water tension?

How many drops of water do YOU think a penny can hold? Four? Eleven? Nineteen? Some number in between?  Mr. Ruske's third grade found it isn't easy to predict the outcome when they experimented with water, droppers, and pennies. The class broke into teams to test the limits using different variables and record their data.

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