Good Morning Boys, Girls and Families,
Today we will be learning to develop our scientific skills by thinking, asking questions, following steps, discussing and comparing. You will have to gather the materials and follow the instructions below. Before you answer the first set of questions I will ask you to read the material and steps first. If the day is beautiful you can try this outside.
Spring is here and I think we have all felt it (even our noses if you are allergic like me!), the sun hitting nice and warm, lovely flowers everywhere and birds making nests. During this season flowers start blooming and there is a really nice experiment in which we can make flowers bloom!
Let’s Begin!
Discussion Before the Experiment
After reading the materials and steps:
-What do you think it will happen?
-Is a flower a living thing? Why?
-What do living things need to survive?
Materials you will need:
-Sheets of paper
-Water (even a little bit will do)
-Colour pencils/markers
Steps to Follow
- Draw and colour a beautiful flower, you can do as many as you want and any size you want.
2. Cut the flowers on the edges, so it looks moreless like this.
3. Fold half the petals to the inside part of the flower.
4. Let the magic begin. Put them carefully in some water and wait to see what happens.
Discussion After the Experiment
-Was it the same as you thought it would happen?
-Do they take the same time if the flowers are different size?
-Why do you think this happens?
-How is water important to plants?
Read this after you have completed all the experiment.
Science Behind
When you mix a solid (paper, plants) with a liquid (water) a “Capillary Action” (flowing of the water) will take place. This means the water will mix with the paper, the paper will absorb the water, allowing it to flow from the bottom of the paper to the tip of the leaves you draw and because the paper gets heavier with water, it seems it is opening or blooming 🙂 In plants the water will move from the roots up to the leaves or flowers.
How interesting is that? Comment below to tell us everything about it!
Good morning Ms Maturana I think I will give the experiment a try and see how it goes. Hopefully it works
Good Morning Megan, that is great to hear! I love this experiment it is so fun, let me know how it goes 🙂
I will
I love this experiment. I’ve done it and it feels magical to watch. Hope you all have a go too💖
Love to hear that Mrs Fraser, it is indeed a magical experiment. I’m looking forward to some comments about it.
What a great experiment. The boys are going to have a go.
Thank you Mrs Taylor, please let me know how they do!
Me and my brother just did this experiment. It’s really cool and magical.
That is wonderful Erin, it is one of my favourite experiments and you don’t even realize how many scientific skills you are using while doing it! Did you try with different sizes?
Yes, we did. I put the pictures in my sway. Some have sunk now.
That is really interesting Erin, I am looking forward to see your sway.
Hi Mrs Maturana
I really liked this experiment, I did it with a few different flowers of different sizes and shapes.
I’m going to do it again to show my dad! 🌸🌼
I’ve put it on my sway journal.
Hi Ava, this is lovely to read. I am so happy you liked it and you experimented with it by making flowers with different sizes and shapes. Well done for trying and hope Dad enjoys it too! 🙂
Oh dear our flower didn’t open…but we did like seeing all of the colours coming out into the water!
Oh dear! Joe, I am so happy that you tried! Sometimes things don’t go as planned and it’s fine. You appreciated something different related to the experiment which was the colouring coming out of the water which is perfect 🙂 I hope you’ve had fun!