Striped Celery Experiment

One of the first ones we’ll do is called Striped Celery.  This is the experiment that shows the kids how plant stems and tree trunks carry water from the roots up to the leaves and flowers.

Celery is cut and placed in coloured water. After about 30 minutes you can see the effects of the capillary action.

A cool extension of this experiment is to repeat it using stalks of celery without leaves and then comparing the capillary action between leafless and leafy celery.

The kids will be able to see that the stalks with the leaves draw the water further up into the stem. Cool, huh? A clear indication of the importance of plant foliage!

student sheet for striped celery experiment

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