Color changing water experiment

This Color Changing Milk Science Experiment is a fun activity to do with kids of all ages. Flower science project Did you know you can put paper under water and it will stay dry? Give it a try with this keep paper dry under water experiment. The kids love this cool trick!

Continue the science fun with our 30 Science Experiments – complete with a no prep journal! Leave a Reply Cancel reply I loved everything about this experiment – turning an ordinary white flower into a beautiful green flower, the waiting time – yes it can be fun to keep checking it every few hours eagerly awaiting a change, and the satisfying finish of the colored flower and understanding how plants absorb water to survive.

This science experiment is trickier than just the one-colored changing flowers experiment as this requires 2 stems to work! Ask your kids how do they think this will work. Let’s Play Step 2: Trim the ends of your flower stems and place them in the water. If one of your flowers doesn’t seem to be changing color, try trimming the bottom of the stem again and putting it back into the water.

We’re doing the coloring changing plants experiment with 4 different plants (carnations, roses, celery, and Chinese cabbage leaves) to see the differences, similarities, and compare the results. Color Changing Plants Experiment In our experiment, the food colouring dissolved in the water is also moved through the plant up the stem and into the leaves through transpiration. When the water evaporates and is removed from the leaf’s stomata, the dye is left behind, resulting in a colour change in the leaves.