Sixth Class

Living Things

6th class carried out an experiment using celery stalks placed in coloured water to observe how plants transport water. They set the celery in jars of dye and left them for several hours. Later, they observed the veins in the stalks changing colour, showing the path the water took. From this, they analysed that plants use tiny tubes called xylem to move water and nutrients up the stem to the leaves.

Senior Infants and First Class

Flower Experiment: 

The children predicted what would happen to the flowers if they were left in ‘dyed’ water. The flowers were placed in individual cups with red or green food dye in water.  Every few hours we looked at the flowers to see if there were any changes. 

After 24 hours we recorded what the flower looked like now compared to the start.

We discovered that the water had travelled up the stem of the flower to the petal.  The children were delighted with the changes in colour of the petals!