Extracting life from a plant science experiment – demonstrating how a plant’s leaf and stem act like a straw

A leaf with laminar structure and pinnate venation

Plants are living creatures. They need food and water just like people. But how do plants get food?

Remember – heat causes things to expand (or get larger). Cold causes things to contract (or get smaller). The heat from your hands is transferred through conduction to the air in the bottle warming the air. This causes the air molecules to move faster which makes the penny jump.

This Month’s Charity

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Child Fund of America
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