Hello friends of @steemit, based on the fact that education begins at home, today we will carry out a Home Experiment that will leave our children amazed and fill them with curiosity and knowledge, today we will study in a practical and fun way the Capillarity and we can appreciate it in a very colorful way.

The education of our children is our responsibility as parents and as teachers, and it is in our hands to use the most appropriate tools and strategies so that they have a learning rich in knowledge and enriching experiences. Using home experiments will always be an excellent option.  
                                                  

Very good!! Before starting the fun it is important that we know and learn the theoretical part so that our children understand what the experiment is about.

Capillarity.

To understand this process we first remember two important properties of water due to the structure of its molecule. The water molecule consists of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom arranged in such a way that on the oxygen side it has a negative charge and on the hydrogen side it has a positive charge. This charge difference is what makes the water molecule polar. Think of the consequences of this provision: as charges of different sign are attracted, the water molecules will attract strongly among them. This property of water is called cohesion. And there is not everything because also thanks to its polarity, water has a great attraction for other substances other than it. Therefore, water has a high adhesion. Summarizing: Cohesion: attraction between water molecules. Adhesion: attraction for other different molecules. Now we are able to explain the capillarity. Capillarity or capillary action is the ability of water to ascend against gravity through small tubes, pores or capillaries. The fact that water can thus defy gravity is due to the adhesion and cohesion properties of water. The water sticks to the surface of the tube by adhesion. The molecules that have adhered to the surface of the tube are strongly linked to other water molecules (great cohesion between them). In this way the molecules that have seized the tube drag their neighboring molecules pulling them up. And the water manages to climb.

Perspiration.

Capillarity alone is not enough for water and mineral salts to travel the long way from the roots to the leaves. There comes a time when the mass of water is so great that the forces of adhesion and cohesion can not overcome gravity. To help the capillarity comes into action perspiration. The transpiration is the loss of water through evaporation through the leaves, mainly, but also by the stem and flowers. The loss of water causes the hydrostatic pressure in the conductive vessels to drop, which produces a push up the water column. The water that has risen will replace the one that has evaporated and the process will begin again.  

Yes now!! let the fun begin, let's put into practice what we have just explained

 

Experiment with flowers and coloring!!!

In this experiment we will use dye and some flowers to observe the process by which the plants transport water and nutrients from the soil to all the places in the plant.

Materials:

- Flowers of light color, preferably white. - Food coloring. - Glasses. - Scissors.
As always my daughter Sophia had fun with us doing this experiment! Process: - Prepare some glasses with water and a good spray of dye. - Cut the stem of the flowers diagonally to favor contact with water. - Place the flowers in the glasses and observe what is happening over several days