{"id":8650,"date":"2020-05-04T11:14:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T15:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/?p=8650"},"modified":"2020-05-04T11:14:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T15:14:32","slug":"the-simple-magical-color-changing-carnation-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/the-simple-magical-color-changing-carnation-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Simple, Magical Color-Changing Carnation Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You know what they say \u2014\u00a0you are what you eat. Same goes for flowers. Try this simple experiment and observe everything from stems to leaves to deep blooms for changes as the carnations drink water over the course of a few days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to get started.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>White carnations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Food coloring<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Water<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Vases (1 color per vase)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1: Fill each glass or vase \u00be of the way with water.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2: Add several drops of food coloring to each vase. The more color, the better.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8653\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-1.png\" alt=\"Nick Jr. Coloring Changing Flower Experiment\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-1.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-1-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-1-296x296.png 296w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-1-592x592.png 592w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-1-73x73.png 73w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-1-130x130.png 130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3: Place one carnation in each glass and observe what happens over the next few hours and days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8652\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-3.png\" alt=\"Nick Jr. Coloring Changing Flower Experiment\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-3.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-3-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-3-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-3-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-3-296x296.png 296w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-3-592x592.png 592w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-3-73x73.png 73w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-3-130x130.png 130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4: Notice if one color seems to travel fastest to the petals.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8651\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-4.png\" alt=\"Nick Jr. Coloring Changing Flower Experiment\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-4.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-4-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-4-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-4-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-4-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-4-296x296.png 296w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-4-592x592.png 592w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-4-73x73.png 73w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/step-4-130x130.png 130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Watch the magic happen right before your eyes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know what they say \u2014\u00a0you are what you eat. Same goes for flowers. Try this simple experiment and observe everything from stems to leaves to deep blooms for changes as the carnations drink water over the course of a few days. Here&#8217;s how to get started. Materials: White carnations Food coloring Water Vases (1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":8655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[425,367,584],"tags":[583,512],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8650"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8650"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8712,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8650\/revisions\/8712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}