Museum at Prairiefire’s JAM Session: Measuring Leaf Color

Museum at Prairiefire’s Junior Adventurers at the Museum (JAM) Sessions engage elementary students in fun, hands-on inquiry-based activities to familiarize students with STEM-essentials.

In this session for ages 6-10, participants will explore the science behind leaf colors.  You will learn what chemicals give leaves their colors and why they change.  You will also devise a simple experiment to extract these special chemicals, called pigments, from leaves.