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March 17, 2014

Celery Science Experiment for Kids

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I love easy experiments that make science cool! This rainbow colored celery experiment is simple to set up and really makes transpiration come alive for kids.

Celery Transpiration Experiment for Kids!

Celery Science Experiment

  • celery (the leafy parts show the color the best)
  • jars
  • water
  • food coloring

We have been doing a lot of rainbow activities lately so we made our water rainbow colored by mixing colors.  It was a fun way to extend the learning for my preschooler, but you can use any colors you want.

Science Experiment for Kids! Teach kids about plants and transpiration with celery!

The kids put the celery in the colored water and then recorded their observations in their science notebooks.  This helps to encourage them to think like scientists and helps them track the changes.

Celery Experiment for Kids

We left the celery in the colored water overnight and saw that the stems and the leaves of the celery started to turn the same color as the water that it was in.

Learn about transpiration and plants with celery!

This is the process of transpiration.  The xylem in the plant suck up water like a straw and the colored water moves throughout the celery.  The cool thing about this experiment is that you can actually see the capillaries once they are colored.

Rainbow Celery Science Experiment

The kids recorded their observations and we noticed that the celery stalks with more leaves “drank” more of the water than the ones with less.  We concluded this was because the leaves needed water too.

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Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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Comments

  1. Becky Davis says

    March 17, 2014 at 10:03 am

    This is an awesome one for kiddos!! Evan is actually did this yesterday for his science fair project!

    Reply
    • Coffee Cups and Crayons says

      March 17, 2014 at 11:44 am

      How FUN!!! Go Evan!

      Reply
    • Moo says

      October 18, 2022 at 11:05 am

      Ya in 1-2 minuts it starts to cange color

      Reply
  2. Katie @ Happilyevermom says

    March 17, 2014 at 4:10 pm

    Love this science experiment. Can’t wait to try this at home!! Thanks so much for including us in your list of other experiments!

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      March 17, 2014 at 8:38 pm

      Yay! Thanks Katie!

      Reply
      • semya says

        October 16, 2020 at 8:48 am

        ok you do good girl

        Reply
  3. Linda Kraynick Katona says

    March 17, 2014 at 6:18 pm

    Valerie–Don’t you remember doing this in 2nd grade bc I remember teaching it.

    Reply
  4. B says

    March 22, 2014 at 8:43 pm

    My kids would love this! Such a simple but fun and educational project to do with them. We just got some celery, too, so this is perfect. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      March 23, 2014 at 9:14 pm

      Yay! It is so cool to see the colored xylem in the celery! I hope they love it!

      Reply
  5. Theres Just One Mommy says

    April 3, 2014 at 10:03 pm

    Perfect! I have celery in the fridge that is getting wimpy… I think it’s time for some science!
    Pinned it!

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      April 7, 2014 at 7:52 am

      That’s perfect!

      Reply
  6. Sharon Jordan says

    October 14, 2014 at 10:04 pm

    I just wanted to mention a misconception that might be best to clarify. This is not actually an example of transpiration. It is an example of capillary action in which the water molecules travel up the tiny ‘capillaries’ against gravity because of waters unique bonding properties. Transpiration is when plants give off water back into the atmosphere.

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    • lee says

      February 12, 2016 at 11:51 am

      Helpful explaination!

      Reply
    • Emily says

      March 13, 2018 at 10:31 pm

      Actually, complete transpiration happens when both ideas are put together. It is the water moving through the roots, up into the plant and then being released into the atmosphere.

      Reply
    • Emily says

      September 17, 2022 at 3:33 pm

      Thank you!!! I was about to comment this as well.

      Reply

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