Summer Play Book: Water Transfer Experiment

Yesterday we did the Water Transfer Experiment from our Summer Play Book, and I have to admit, it was pretty interesting.

We started with 5 glass containers.  In 3 of them we added water, and the other two were left empty.  In the 3 filled with water each of the players added one of the primary colors, red, yellow, and blue.

Noah added red.

Jonah added yellow.

Eli added blue.

Happy Boys!

We spaced them like this.  We wanted our colors to make green and orange.  If you want purple, just add your red by the blue!

Goofy!

 The boys couldn't figure out how we were going to end up with water in the empty ones!  They thought it was a trick and that I was going to pour water in when they weren't looking!  I guess they think I'm sneaky!;)

Next we tore up some paper towels and rolled them up into 4 different strips.

We put one end of the strip in the full container and the other end in the empty one.  We waited and watched!

Micah even enjoyed it! :)

 The water actually traveled much more quickly than we thought it would.  We could watch the color travel up the paper towel.  It was pretty cool.  Within about 30 minutes we had these.

Things are starting to happen!

This was after about 2 hours.

This is what they looked like when we woke up.  The yellow had turned green and the green was teal!

This activity was really fun!  In the original post she suggested doing it at night and seeing the results in the morning.  I would recommend starting it in the morning, that way you are able to watch it progress!  The boys really had fun watching what was happening. 

This receives 3 thumbs up from my team... 4 if you count the Momma! :)

Give it a try and let me know how your team likes it!

~Kristee