WALKING WATER SCIENCE EXPERIMENT FOR KIDS

THE WALKING WATER SCIENCE EXPERIMENT IS A WONDERFUL COLOURFUL AND

FUN WAY TO TEACH KIDS ABOUT ABSORPTION AND MIXING PRIMARY COLOURS.

THINGS YOU WILL NEED:

7 CLEAR PLASTIC CUPS
WATER
PAPER TOWEL
TEASPOON TO STIR
FOOD COLOURING: RED, BLUE, YELLOW

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

1) LINE UP THE 7 CUPS FILLING EVERY SECOND CUP WITH WATER

2) DROP FOOD COLOURING INTO THE CUPS AS FOLLOWS: BOTH END CUPS RED,
ONE MIDDLE CUP BLUE, ONE MIDDLE CUP YELLOW.

3) STIR

4) FOLD THE PAPER TOWEL SQUARE IN HALF AND THEN IN HALF AGAIN – DO THIS
FOR 6 PAPER SQUARES

FOLD YOUR PAPER TOWEL LIKE THIS

5) CAREFULLY PLACE THE PAPER TOWEL IN EACH CUP – ONE END IN WATER, ONE
END IN THE EMPTY CUP

PLACE PAPER TOWEL TO FORM A ‘BRIDGE’ TO EACH CUP

6) WAIT FOR ABOUT 2 – 3 HOURS

7) WHEN YOU RETURN YOU WILL SEE THE WATER HAS ‘WALKED’ OVER THE
BRIDGES INTO THE EMPTY CUPS TO FORM NEW BLENDED COLOURS

AFTER A FEW HOURS THE WATER WILL ‘WALK’ OVER THE BRIDGE