DemoTK

Color-Climbing Celery

Colored veins/petals appear.

Teaching & key ideas

What you do: Show a stalk prepared earlier in colored water; cut stem if desired. What students see: Colored veins/petals appear. Why it works: Water moves through narrow plant tubes by capillary action and transpiration. Question to ask: Where did the color travel inside the plant?

Lesson flow

Predict → demonstrate → observe → briefly explain → ask: Where did the color travel inside the plant?