This week's challenge is to learn how water travels through plants by creating your own rainbow flowers.

 

Top Tip - If you can't get flowers you can also use celery stalks which really show the capillary action as the stalks pull up the water. 

Materials:

• White flowers (or celery stalks)
• Food colouring
• Cups or glasses
• Scissors

 

Method:

• Start by trimming the flowers (celery) so that they will fit nicely into whatever cups or glasses you are using. 
• Giving the flowers (celery) a fresh cut also helps them to absorb the coloured water more quickly.  
• Fill your cups with the desired amount of water, and then add several drops of food colouring and a flower to each cup.

 

 

• Make observations and hypothesize what will happen to the flowers as they live in the coloured water. 
•  Then, place the flowers in a sunny window.

 

• It is now time to observe! Watch the flowers over the next few days, recording any changes. In just a few hours you will start to notice a slight change! And after a handful of days you may not be able to believe your eyes! As the flowers drink in the coloured water they transform into a beautiful rainbow right before your eyes!

 

Have fun and remember to record your observations with yout teacher on your Class Dojo!