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Warmer Water and Rising Sea Levels Experiment

Provided by: NJ Agriculture in the Classroom
Activity - Classroom Grades k-2, 3-5

Synopsis

  • In this experiment, students will see how heating up water increases its volume and they will understand how this helps make the sea level rise.
  • The demonstration will teach students that increasing global temperatures lead to thermal expansion and glacial melt, which cause sea levels to rise.

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Subjects: Physics, Geography
Authors: NJ Agriculture in the Classroom
Region: Global, New Jersey
Languages: English

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