room 3 inquiry

Plants Absorbing Water 

Aim:

To colour celery or cabbage leaves - Try and see how plants absorb water

Materials 

Glass jars x4 

Celery

Cabbage leaves 

4 different colours of food colouring 

Water 

Scissors/knife/chopping board to cut the celery

Method 

Fill up 4 glass jars up to around halfway 

Put approximately 10 drops of different coloured food colouring into each jar

Place a celery stick or a cabbage leaf into each jar

Explanation 

Part 1 - Explain why plants need water 

All plants need water to grow and survive. Without the water, they would die out. They need water to live on as it is a living thing. And all living things need water.

They need water for 

Growing

Survival

And making it healthy. The water goes in parts of the stem/tree. Water helps the plants keep moist on hot days. The water would help the plant to grow bigger and healthier.plants use water to make itself filled with water and not need water for some time.

Part 2 - How they absorb water

The water goes to the plant and sucks it up. The tree takes in the water from their roots, leaves, and stems. It then goes into the tree. Then travels through the tree and comes to the top of the tree and the tree gets water. Though there are some holes in a tree and some water goes out of the tree then gets absorbed and it rains again.