Science Experiment

I got an idea for an experiment from Chickadee.  It was fun except for the fact that I got alcohol in my eye when we did the experiment.  It was easy to do.  First of all we ripped up leaves and put them in a jar.  Then we poured in rubbing alcohol.  We let it sit in a bowl of warm water and then we taped a coffee filter onto a pencil and put it in and left it overnight.  When we checked it, the coffee filter had different colours on it and the leaves were darker.  It was really cool.  I learned that leaves need sun to stay green.  In the fall it gets colder and darker so the leaves lose their green and turn brown, orange, yellow and red.  They need the sun to get nutrients so they get brittle and fall.