Valentine's Day Carnations
Here's an experiment that will show you how the stem of a plant is used to carry water to
its different parts.
Ingredients
Instructions
Step 1: Fill the drinking glass half full of water and add red food coloring.
Step 2: Cut the stem of the carnation at an angle and place the carnation in the drinkingglass for 24 hours.
Explanation
The colored water moved up the stem into the petals and changed the color of the
carnation from white to red.
Here's an experiment that will show you how the stem of a plant is used to carry water to
its different parts.
Ingredients
 | 1 White Carnation Flower | |
| Drinking Glass | |
| Water | |
| Red Food Coloring |
Instructions
Step 1: Fill the drinking glass half full of water and add red food coloring.
Step 2: Cut the stem of the carnation at an angle and place the carnation in the drinking
Explanation
The colored water moved up the stem into the petals and changed the color of the
carnation from white to red.
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