I bought a package of food coloring just for this purpose so I used the whole container. Dyeing Carnations Science Experiment for Kids. To start you will want to trim down the stems of the flower so they fit your cups or glasses. They predicted the carnations would change colour. You will use everyday objects from your home in this carnation flower experiment and learn how to dye flowers with food coloring.
Before placing any of the flowers in the colored water trim the stem of each flower at an angle to create a fresh cut. Dyeing Carnations Science Experiment for Kids. In this step-by-step project with Polly and Jen children can have a go at transforming a white flower into their favourite colour simply using food colouri. Next they will observe how the flower changes color by taking in water. Add water to each cup.
113 Describe different ways that things can change eg size mass color movement. I thought it would be fun to make them with my girls who LOVE having flowers in the house. Add more drops if necessary to achieve a darker color. If your carnation doesnt start to show color in about 6 hours add a few more drops of food coloring. 4 White Carnations Plastic cups food coloring scissor water hammer Standards.
Students may use the printable to recor. Add at least one carnation to each glass of colored water. The experiment that we did was that we put a Carnation flower in a bit of water with red food coloring and blue food coloring to make purple food coloring. Let them use a spoon to gently stir the water and food coloring. Colored Carnations Science Experiment.
