Description

Water has many different characteristics that affect how it will react to environmental changes and how organisms survive within it. Here are 2 different experiments that you can do to investigate the properties of salt and freshwater.

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Task

Complete the two experiments attached to the right-hand side of the page:

Which Melts Fastest?

Sea and Ice Salinity

Complete a blog describing your findings and the differences you notice between salt and freshwater

Once you have completed your blog, you may take the One Big Ocean Quiz to earn your first badge and complete the One Big Ocean principle.

To return to the One Big Ocean page, click HERE

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Learning Objectives

To understand how the characteristics of salinity and temperature affect the properties of water

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