Why is water a polar molecule?
Polar means there's a higher density of electron on the oxygen and a lower density of electrons on the hydrogens. This has to do with the electronegativity of the elements in question. Hydrogen is in group 1 which likes to lose it's electron and oxygen in group 16 which likes to get two electrons (in this case one from each hydrogen) in order to complete the octet in it's valence shell.

Also it has to do with the shape, water molecules are not linear, but rather bent in a 'v' shape. the two sides are positively charged and the middle is negatively charged. if it were linear then the middle wouldn't matter, but because it is bent, on side has a negative charge and the other side has positive charge. It's not an negative/positive change the way it is in an ion, just a slight negative/positive charge.