Celery

Samantha has been asking for celery and peanut butter as a snack lately.  I finally remembered to buy some celery at Trader Joes.  She was very happy but I realized that she just likes to eat the peanut butter off of it.  I must teach her that a spoonful of peanut butter is just as delicious and less wasteful.

I got the Trader Joes brand of celery hearts~some of the celery had leaves on it still so I decided to stick them in water and food coloring to show them how to change the color of the leaves.

I let them pick the colors...Aiden picked orange and Samantha picked red.  The leaves changed colors within a few hours.  That instant gratification was nice :)

The veins of the celery also changed colors so I was able to show her how the celery gets its water and nutrients.  

It's a quick and fun little science activity.