Capillary Action Experiment

This is an experiment for Capillary Action and the Water Cycle.

This resource is packed with everything you need to make your students feel successful in this experiment.

This experiment can be implemented with 4th grade students and higher. Any students who are learning about the scientific method will enjoy this experiment.

The products included are:

A Capillary Action Slideshow Presentation

     This is an editable 8-slide presentation that will teach students about the role of capillary action within the plant cycle. Each slide has 1-3 sentences, so as to not overwhelm students with an information overload. You will be able to tweak this and rearrange information as needed to fit your students’ needs.

A printable Capillary Action Experiment (PDF)

     The materials you will need for this experiment include:

     - 7 clear plastic cups

     -3-4 different food dye colors

     -Water

     -6 paper towels

     This handout will walk you through the procedure as well as provide students with space to     document:

     -Title of the Experiment

     -Hypothesis

     -Results

     -Conclusion

A Visual Flow Map

     This flow map gives students a visual representation of how capillary action words. A word bank is included on this printable.

A note-taking page

     This printable goes along with the slideshow presentation. It is a 2-page printable. It is a great way for students to keep up with the presentation and have saved notes. It is fully editable, so if you tweak the slideshow, you can also go in and tweak your notes page. It is a fill in the blank.

2 PDFs

1 PowerPoint

1 Word document