We did a science experiment in our homeschool last week – those are the boys’ favorite things to do! I looked through the book on simple experiments I’d picked up from the library and found one that didn’t require a trip to the store first. Here’s what we came up with.
Tear a paper towel into strips and put a dot of green food coloring (or marker ink) about two inches from the bottom.
I made sure to get a strip of towel that didn’t have any printing on it when we did this.
Next, place your strip in a glass of water, making sure the green dot is about an inch outside of the water (but inside the glass). Wait 10-15 minutes.
What’s supposed to happen: your green dot should disappear, leaving your water yellow and your paper towel blue as the dyes separate.
Ours didn’t work perfectly, but we did a get a bit of blue on the paper towel, so it wasn’t a total misfortune.
And the most important part was that the kids had fun learning!
Happy weekend!
–Wendy
Looks like your science project turned into the beginnings of an art project! Cool!
I didn’t even think of that! But yeah, using the same theory, you could make a pretty cool art project :).
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