For Science Week, P6 carried out a “blooming water lily” experiment to explore capillary action. 🌸
P6 found out that plants use capillary action to draw water up through their stems. Paper is full of tiny gaps between its fibres. The water moves through these gaps by capillary action, making the paper swell. When the swelling reaches the folds in the paper, the petals open out...wow!
