Primary School - Grades K-3
P=Project E=Experiment
Why Do Greens Turn Brown?
[E]
Examine the browning of guacamole (a dish of mashed avocado). [E]
Uncover the changing colors of fall leaves by separating plant pigments with paper chromatography. [E]
Color Change in Leaves - Experiments & Background Information
Interdisciplinary Topic: Colors
Examine the browning of guacamole (a dish of mashed avocado). [E]
Uncover the changing colors of fall leaves by separating plant pigments with paper chromatography. [E]
Color Change in Leaves - Experiments & Background Information
Interdisciplinary Topic: Colors
Elementary School - Grades 4-6
P=Project E=Experiment
Test if the color or wavelength of light will affect the chlorophyll content of a leaf.
[E]
Are Seedlings Afraid of the Dark? [E]
Why do leaves change color in the fall? [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
Coloring Fabrics With Dyes From Plant Materials [E]
Color Change in Leaves - Experiments & Background Information
Interdisciplinary Topic: Colors
Are Seedlings Afraid of the Dark? [E]
Why do leaves change color in the fall? [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
Coloring Fabrics With Dyes From Plant Materials [E]
Color Change in Leaves - Experiments & Background Information
Interdisciplinary Topic: Colors
Middle School - Grades 7-9
P=Project E=Experiment
Exploring the Chemistry of Red Flower Pigments
[E]
Use paper chromatography to analyze the leaf pigments found in three different types of plants. [E]
What is the effect of water temperature on the amount of color in spirogyra plants? [P]
Why do leaves change color in the fall? [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
How Does the Coloring and Sweetness of a Flower Affect Bee Visitation? [E]
Is green the only color in a leaf? [P]
Investigate whether the pigments in leaves that produced their autumn color are present while the leaves were still green. [E]
Separate the colors of a green leaf using chromatography [E]
Determine if there is one color that can be used to paint our cherry trees that will protect them from sunburn without causing harvest delays. [E]
Color Change in Leaves - Experiments & Background Information
Interdisciplinary Topic: Colors
Use paper chromatography to analyze the leaf pigments found in three different types of plants. [E]
What is the effect of water temperature on the amount of color in spirogyra plants? [P]
Why do leaves change color in the fall? [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
How Does the Coloring and Sweetness of a Flower Affect Bee Visitation? [E]
Is green the only color in a leaf? [P]
Investigate whether the pigments in leaves that produced their autumn color are present while the leaves were still green. [E]
Separate the colors of a green leaf using chromatography [E]
Determine if there is one color that can be used to paint our cherry trees that will protect them from sunburn without causing harvest delays. [E]
Color Change in Leaves - Experiments & Background Information
Interdisciplinary Topic: Colors
High School - Grades 10-12
P=Project E=Experiment
The Relationship between Anemone Color and the Abundance and Diversity of Their Endosymbionts
[E]
The Effect of Ultraviolet Light on Plant Development and Fruit Production [E]
Applying ultra-violet visible spectrophotometry and various types of chromatography to compare the amounts of certain photosynthetic pigments in fresh, frozen, and canned phaseolus vulgaris and spinacia olercea. [E]
Why do leaves change color in the fall? [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
Predict whether self-pollination or cross-pollination with another plant with the same or different colored flowers will produce the most seeds. [E] [E]
1. What happens to pigment as leaves change color with seasons? 2. Why are two leaves of the same tree different in color intensity? 3. Does the temperature of a refrigerator have an effect on a plants pigment composition? 4 and 5. Compared different, yet similarly colored parts of the plant to determine whether or not the coloring pigment was the same. [E]
The Effects of Different Colored Lights on Algal Oxygen Production [E]
The effect of different pH water and soil levels on coloring agents in the different flowers (hydrangeas) [E] [E]
Color Change in Leaves - Experiments & Background Information
Interdisciplinary Topic: Colors
The Effect of Ultraviolet Light on Plant Development and Fruit Production [E]
Applying ultra-violet visible spectrophotometry and various types of chromatography to compare the amounts of certain photosynthetic pigments in fresh, frozen, and canned phaseolus vulgaris and spinacia olercea. [E]
Why do leaves change color in the fall? [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
Predict whether self-pollination or cross-pollination with another plant with the same or different colored flowers will produce the most seeds. [E] [E]
1. What happens to pigment as leaves change color with seasons? 2. Why are two leaves of the same tree different in color intensity? 3. Does the temperature of a refrigerator have an effect on a plants pigment composition? 4 and 5. Compared different, yet similarly colored parts of the plant to determine whether or not the coloring pigment was the same. [E]
The Effects of Different Colored Lights on Algal Oxygen Production [E]
The effect of different pH water and soil levels on coloring agents in the different flowers (hydrangeas) [E] [E]
Color Change in Leaves - Experiments & Background Information
Interdisciplinary Topic: Colors
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