Celery Experiment
This simple celery experiment shows how colored water travels up a celery stalk.
Celery experiment. Fresh celery stems with the leaves still attached. We are going to find out how plants absorb water and grow. Remind them to keep their worksheets ready before starting. Cut about a quarter inch off the bottom.
Inside this resource pack you ll discover details of what you will need along with step by step instructions on how to carry it out. Help children understand how plants absorb and distribute water. We really enjoyed this white carnation experiment a couple of years back and decided to repeat the same idea this time using celery for comparison. This download complements our book plants.
Get pupils to approach their investigations scientifically with this structured worksheet. This easy science project is as good to be done with preschoolers and kindergarten kids as with grown up children in the lab or at science fairs. We headed to the kitchen to gather a few simple supplies. Separate and select stalks of celery with leaves.
It is a great activity to make the concept of how plants get their nutrition from the soil clear to the young ever inquisitive chaps. The celery science experiment is easy to achieve with basic kitchen materials and it s embedded with all sorts of opportunities for introducing the scientific method in short. Food coloring jars water. What is this celery and food colouring experiment.
Asking scientific questions making predictions and conducting an experiment. Celery science experiment celery the leafy parts show the color the best jars water food coloring. Let s investigate from our ks2 science essentials series. Celery stalks choose as many as you like to color and one extra if you choose to set up a science experiment too with.
See educational note for more. The lighter stalks near the. Jars water food coloring freshly cut celery stalks. Change the colour of celery in your science class using this wonderful celery and food colouring experiment.
Celery experiment has your child ever wondered how plants get water from their roots all the way to their leaves.