Today, We're Making:

• Walking Water
• "Rainbow Walking Water": In this experiment,parents can assist kids in transferring equal amounts of red,blue,and yellow primary color in separate cups. Paper towels are put in between the cups connecting them. Over time,the primary colors will start walking along the towel and mix to form other colors.
• "Walking Water Maze": Parents can help kids design different paths and levels using connected cups and paper towels.

Are you ready to amaze your children with a spellbinding display of DIY Science Experiments that tick off all the checkboxes - simple, creative and educational?

Welcome to the fascinating world of Walking Water- a captivating, yet simple science exploration that opens the door to concepts like Capillary Action and water absorption. This hands-on science activity, perfect for home-learning, not only lets the kids have a crack at donning the scientist’s hat but also renders in them a vivid insight into the vibrant realm of Colorful Science.

Let’s dive into this blog and help the young, curiously blooming minds at home embark on their own rainbow experiment journey.

In the Dazzling World of Kids Experiments, Walking Water Truly Stands Out

The whole process revolves around a simple science principle known as Capillary Action. Think of it as an invisible escalator for water, making these water droplets defy gravity and journey upwards. Capillary Action is a great entry-point to basic Physics, serving as a literal example of science that children can visualize. Just imagine their wonderstruck faces when they witness water not only walk, but climb stairs!

Preparing for Your Walking Water Experiment

You’ll need some basic kitchen supplies, making it an accessible kitchen science experiment. You'll require a few cups or glasses, some food coloring, pieces of tissue or paper towel and of course, water. Arrange the glasses in a circle, fill one with water, and add a few drops of food coloring to make it more exciting. Then, link each glass to its neighbor with the paper towels. The setup will get your little scientist eager to launch their own rainbow experiment!

Now for the Magic!

As the water soaks up through the paper towel, the process mimics the way plants and trees absorb water from the ground, a fact not many people are aware of. Often seen just as a colorful science display, on the contrary, the DIY Walking Water experiment is an insightful science fair project which explains how nature works. This comprehension not only deepens their understanding of basic biological processes but also fosters a profound respect for the environment.

Transform Your Living Room Into an Exciting Lab

The Walking Water experiment is a fantastic way to turn your living room into an exciting lab for practical science. An amazing mix of fun science and educational activity—it's hands-on science at its finest! It encourages their innate curiosity, develops critical observation skills, and teaches them the scientific method, all under the guise of play and fun.

Reinforcing the Function of Home Education

While it's essential for kids to learn from textbooks, experiments like Walking Water add a much-needed spark of creativity to learning. The DIY Walking Water experiment effortlessly melds education and entertainment, and in my opinion, that's the best way to learn.

Promoting STEM Activities in Home Education

Promoting STEM activities like the Walking Water experiment right in the comfort of your home is an incredibly effective way to stir enthusiasm in young minds about science. Whether it's understanding capillary action through water science experiment or sparking off your rainbow experiment, the objective remains to make science relatable, practical, and fun. This journey of color and water, the spectacle of creative learning, and a breakthrough into primary science makes the Walking Water experiment a must-try for every young, intrepid scientist.

And there you have it, the wonderful Walking Water experiment

That, as we've just journeyed together, proves to be more than just a striking spectacle of vivid colors. It's an opportunity to witness firsthand the magic of capillary action, a process that plants rely on to survive.

Why this is important?

It's an inclusive activity that encourages hands-on participation from our budding scientists at home and sparks in them a curiosity to dive deeper into the world of science.

Empower your kids with science

So, empower your kids with the knowledge that science is not a tough, far-off concept to grapple with. Instead, it's a live, vibrant entity around us, waiting for our little ones to explore and understand.

Bringing learning into your homes

With this fun, budget-friendly experiment, bring a dash of color and a whole lot of learning into your homes. Because in this vibrant dance of colors, lies the magic of science, simple, engaging, and infinitely fascinating.

So, who's up for some Walking Water magic today?

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STEM Experiment: Rainbow Walking Water

In this colourful and fascinating experiment, children will learn about capillary action and colour mixing. Follow the step-by-step instructions below to create a rainbow of walking water.

Ingredients:

• 6 clear glasses or plastic cups
• Food colouring (red, yellow, blue)
• Paper towels
• Water

Instructions:

1. Arrange the glasses in a circle on a flat surface.
2. Fill every alternate glass half full with water (three should be filled and three empty).
3. Add 5 drops of red food coloring to the first water-filled glass, yellow to the second, and blue to the third.
4. Fold the paper towels lengthwise twice to create a thick strip. You need six of these.
5. Place one end of a paper towel strip in a glass with water and the other end in the neighboring empty glass. Repeat this process until each glass is connected to two others with a paper towel strip. Make sure the paper towels have good contact with the water and also hang over the edges of the empty glasses.
6. Now, let the experiment sit. This process is gradual and can take up to a day to complete, so patience is required.
7. Over time, you will see the water "walk" up the paper towel and into the empty glass. This is due to capillary action, the process that enables water (and nutrients) to move up from the roots of plants.
8. Watch as the colors in the glasses start to mix. You'll notice that where the yellow water meets the blue water, the paper towel becomes green; where the red meets the yellow, it becomes orange; and where the red meets the blue, it becomes purple. This demonstrates colour mixing!

Enjoy the experiment and learning process!

Fun With Colors: Red Liquid Transfer Experiment

Materials You'll Need:

• Two clear glasses or cups
• Red food coloring
• Water
• A measuring cup
• A spoon for stirring

Instructions:

1. Fill one of your clear cups about halfway with water.
2. Add a few drops of red food coloring into this cup of water and stir until it is well mixed.
3. Take your measuring cup and measure out an equal amount of clear water into the second cup.
4. Next, carefully pour half of the red water from the first cup into the second. Try to transfer liquid bit by bit to ensure equal amounts are in both cups.
5. Once both cups have an equal amount of red water, the experiment is complete!

Discussion Points:

Use this experiment to discuss with your child about measurements, equality in amounts and color changes in various media.

You could expand the experiment by introducing another color to mix with red and see what happens!

STEM/Experiment: Create Blue Crystal

Objective:

To perform a simple science experiment which can invoke the interest of kids in studying the growth of crystals.

Ingredients:

• Copper sulphate - 100 grams
• Water - 250 ml
• String - 1 piece about 30 cm long
• Popsicle stick or pencil - 1 piece
• Glass jar - 1 piece

Instructions:

1. Pour the water into the jar till half and then add copper sulphate in it.
2. Mix the solution until the copper sulphate dissolves completely.
3. Prepare your string by tying it at the middle of the popsicle stick or pencil.
4. Dip the string on the solution such that the stick or pencil rests on the mouth of the jar and the string dips into the solution without touching the sides of the jar.
5. Wait for a week and observe the growth of beautiful blue crystals on the string.

Note:

• Always perform the experiment under adult supervision.

Walking Water Experiment

A fun, interactive, and easy-to-follow STEM experiment demonstrating how primary colors mix to create secondary colors.

Objective:

To see how water travels along a paper towel and mixes colors together to create new, secondary colors.

Ingredients:

• 5 Clear Plastic Cups
• Primary Color Dye: Red, Yellow, Blue
• Paper Towels
• Water

Instructions:

1. Set Up Your Cups: Line the 5 plastic cups in a row and fill the 1st, 3rd, and 5th cup halfway with water. Leave the 2nd and 4th cups empty.
2. Add Primary Colors: Now, add a few drops of red dye to the 1st cup, yellow to the 3rd cup, and blue to the 5th cup.
3. Prepare Paper Towels: Fold 4 paper towels to a width that would snugly fit into the cups.
4. Connect the Cups: Put one end of the paper towel into the 1st cup (red) and the other end into the 2nd cup (empty). Repeat this with the other cups, always connecting a colored cup with an empty one.
5. Observe: Over the course of a few hours, observe as the colored water “walks” along the paper towels into the empty cups, mixing colors as it goes.
6. Conclude: After the water has fully mixed together, discuss the secondary colors that have been created by the combination of the primary colors.

Note: Do this experiment in a place where it can sit undisturbed for a few hours.

Walking Water Maze Experiment for Kids

A fun, creative, and educational experiment that introduces kids to the waterfall effect of capillary action and color mixing.

Ingredients:

• Seven clear plastic cups or glass jars
• Water
• Food coloring (primary colors: red, blue, yellow)
• Paper towels

Instructions:

1. Line up your seven jars or cups on a flat surface.
2. Fill up the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th cups almost all the way up to the brim leaving some space to prevent overflow.
3. In the first cup, add a few drops of blue food coloring, in the third cup add red food coloring, in the fifth cup add yellow food coloring, and in the last cup, blue food coloring again.
4. Take a half of the paper towel, fold it lengthwise twice to form a long, slim strip and put one end inside a cup filled with colored water, and the other ends into the empty cup next to it. Repeat this with all the cups.
5. Let everything sit for a few hours or even overnight. Eventually, colored water will "walk" along the paper towels from the filled cups to the empty cups and start merging together in the empty cups to form new colors.
6. Guide your kids in observing how the primary colors mix to form secondary colors in the empty cups. For instance, the second cup should see the blend of blue and red forming purple, and the fourth cup would see the blend of red and yellow producing orange, and so on.
7. Discuss with your kids the science behind this magical waterfall effect which is actually due to a process called capillary action in science, where liquid can flow in narrow spaces without the assistance of, and in opposition to gravity.