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Fall Leaf Science Experiment for Kids: Learning about leaf col

Easy Fall Leaf Science Experiment: Exploring Colors & Chlorophyll with Kids

Kids can extract the colors from leaves with this EASY and INTRIGUING science experiment
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Equipment Method

Equipment

  • Pot of boiling water (adults only)
  • Rubbing alcohol
  • Small containers with lids (I used a Test Tube Set like this)
  • Different colored leaves  (We used a green, green & red, yellow, and brown leaves)
  • Tongs (adults only)

Method
 

  1. 1. Place leaves in a boiling pot of water for 5 minutes. While they are boiling, fill up small containers with rubbing alcohol.
    2.  When the five minutes are up, use the tongs to remove the leaves and place each one in the rubbing alcohol making sure to sort by color if you are using multiple leaves.
    3.  Observe what color the alcohol is. Come back throughout the day and check to see if the alcohol has changed color. We let our experiment sit overnight and in the morning the colors were even darker but the second night resulted in no change.
    4.  Discuss the experiment and compare differences between the containers.