Maddie has been studying science for last few weeks and has had the opportunity to do a few hands on projects. We did one this week that really impressed the kids. She had learned how God uses stems to take water from the roots of plants to the leaves. We used celery and food coloring to illustrate this.
The kids each took a glass and put some water in it. Then they chose a color of food coloring and dyed the water. Maddie chose pink and Sam chose blue of course! 
Then we cut off a stalk of celery with leaves and put it in the water. They checked on it several times through out the day and noticed small color changes, but when they woke up this morning they were very excited to have pink and blue celery!
We took the celery out of the water and cut the stalk again so we could see the way the color went up to the leaves. (sorry for the blurry picture)
They were very excited that their project had worked.
The kids each took a glass and put some water in it. Then they chose a color of food coloring and dyed the water. Maddie chose pink and Sam chose blue of course! Then we cut off a stalk of celery with leaves and put it in the water. They checked on it several times through out the day and noticed small color changes, but when they woke up this morning they were very excited to have pink and blue celery!We took the celery out of the water and cut the stalk again so we could see the way the color went up to the leaves. (sorry for the blurry picture)
They were very excited that their project had worked. This reminded me of dying Queen Anne's Lace with my sisters in the summer! Such good memories for me and now for them too!
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