Our Science Experiment

Nothing deep or profound here, just a record of the science project that Riley and I did yesterday. I love his new teacher, every Thursday he comes home with a fun little science project that can be done at home, this week it was colouring flowers.

I'm sure you have all seen blue roses at Coles and thought what the? I have and now I know.

Take a flower.

Put enough food colouring in a glass so that the base of the stem can rest in it.

Wait...

We added red food colouring to this white rose and within 30 minutes the flower had a tinge of pink and in one hour was quite pink.

We picked another one and put in it green to soak. This morning we had a bright green and a bright pink flower!

It doesn't work on carrots, but someone had to test it anyway.

There is an environmental message in this, our plants suck up the toxins in our gardens, so avoid using chemical fertilsers and pest control for your flower's sake.