Friday, November 8, 2013

Celery Experiments

Have you tried to regrow celery? 
We did!  
Two Fridays ago, after cutting the stalks off a bunch of celery, we placed the bottom part in a bowl of water.  The following Monday there were leaves growing from the middle.
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Wanting to extend our experimenting, we wondered if we added colour to the water would it be soaked up into the leaves. 
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We’ve done this experiment using carnation flowers before.

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We watched as the red dye mixed in the water and talked about our hypothesis.
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Will we begin to see red colour (highlights) in the leaves or the stalk ends?
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One week later and no sign of red in the leaves or stalk.  
 But the leaves are still growing taller.  
 Next step?  
Try the same experiment with a single celery stalk.


1 comment:

  1. Celery is a fun project. It regrows very easily and can lead to charts to measure growth daily. Ask parents to bring in a celery "end". Make a scientific diary if the children can draw or write. The best part is the materials are free!

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