Walking Water Experiment
- natalyarogers
- Jun 11, 2020
- 1 min read
This is a fun simple experiment to do with the kids.
You only need a few simple supplies that you probably already have around the house.
Materials
Small Plastic cups or glasses
Paper towels (important to use half of the paper towel)
Food coloring (red, green, yellow and blue)
Directions
1. Place 7 cups in a row and pour water in each, skipping the next. My cups were about 1/2 full. I have since heard that fuller is better.
2. Add 5 drops of food coloring to the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th cup.
3. Keep checking back every couple of minutes. Soon you will be able to see that the water has crawled all the way up the paper towel and is beginning to walk back down into the empty cup next to it.
Since the cup on either side of an empty cup has colored water in it, the two colors begin to mix in the empty cup. So cool!
Question to Ask
What do you think will happen to the water?
What is happening now?
Why do you think the colors are changing?
Why might the water be able to move up against gravity like that?
See Video and Enjoy :)
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