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Capillary Action

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  • DOMAIN(S)
    Cognitive Development and General Knowledge (CD)
  • INDICATOR(S)
    CD-SC4.4c
  • AGE GROUP(S)
    48-60 months

Encourage the children to draw with washable markers on a coffee filter. Make a wick out of a paper towel by rolling it up like pencil. Tear a smallslit in the center of the decorated coffee filter and insert the wick. Drape the coffee filter over the top of a cup of water, and place the end of the wick in the water. Observe as the water travels up the wick to the coffee filter. What happens to the colors? Encourage the children to journal their discoveries. This can be done in small group.  

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