Activities for EYFS Areas of Learning

Some of the younger ones may be a bit impatient but they will be amazed at the end result. I'm sure you could buy any white flower and if you were to go to the market at the end of the day you might be able to get some flowers really cheap

COLOURED CARNATION

What you need:

• 24 hours
• white carnations (1 would be enough for each child , but you can get a few and do different colours)
• flower vase(s)
• food colouring
• water

Directions:

Fill vase 1/4 full of water.

Add a fair amount of food colouring (10 to 20 drops) or more if your vases are large

Put a flower in each vase and let it sit for a day. Just like you would for any cut flower, have an adult trim the stem at an angle before placing it in the vase

Check back every few hours to see how it's working.

At the end of your experiment, examine the whole plant carefully (stem, leaves, buds, petals, etc). What parts can you see the food color in?

What Happened:

Most plants "drink" water from the ground through their roots. The water travels up the stem of the plant into the leaves and flowers. The plant uses the water to make food.

When a flower is cut, it no longer has it's roots. But the stem of the flower still "drinks" up the water and provides it to the leaves and flowers.

Note: Red and blue food colouring work the fastest.

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