🧪 Materials:
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6 clear cups or jars
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Paper towels (cut into strips)
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Water
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Red, yellow, and blue food coloring
👩🔬 Instructions:
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Line up the 6 cups in a circle or straight line.
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Fill every other cup with water (cup 1, 3, and 5).
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Add a few drops of red to cup 1, yellow to cup 3, and blue to cup 5.
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Place paper towels between each cup, dipping both ends into the water.
👀 What to Look For:
After a few hours, the colors “walk” up the paper towels into the empty cups and mix to make new colors!
🔍 What It Proves:
This shows capillary action — how water moves upward through narrow spaces, like in plant stems. It also introduces color mixing.
