[bright music] - Hi, everyone, Krystal here at the Brooklyn Preschool of Science, and I'm with my friend, Sahil.

Sahil, can you please say hello?

- Hi!

- How are you today, Sahil?

- Good.

- Awesome, good.

Hey, so we are at the Brooklyn Preschool of Science, and right behind us, there is our plant wall.

We also call it our grow wall, because it's literally growing.

There are so many plants.

Plants are very important.

Do you know that, Sahil?

- Yes.

- Plants provide our planet with food, oxygen, and energy.

Look what I have here.

Giant bag.

- Giant bag.

- Of spinach.

- Of spinach.

- Do you like spinach, Sahil?

- Yeah.

- Yeah?

I love spinach.

I love to do two things with spinach.

One, eat it, and two, make chlorophyll paintings.

Would you like one?

- No.

- No?

Are you sure?

Okay.

Okay, friends.

[upbeat music] Spinach provides the best green chlorophyll.

Chlorophyll is the natural green color on a leaf, okay?

So you know what we're gonna do together?

- Yes.

- We're gonna make some chlorophyll paintings, okay?

Let's just look at our materials.

Everyone just needs some spinach, some leaves.

Right here, these spinach leaves.

What are these?

- Spoons!

- Yep, some spoons.

And this worksheet here.

So this is a picture of a what?

- [Sahil] A tree.

- [Krystal] A tree.

But what is it missing?

- [Sahil] Leaves!

- Yeah, it's missing leaves.

Okay, so this is what we're gonna do.

We're gonna take our worksheet.

And friends at home, if you don't have this worksheet, that's okay, just get a piece of paper, and you can draw the tree without the leaves, okay?

Now, we're gonna take some spinach.

We're gonna put it down on the paper just like this, okay?

We're gonna put it down on the paper like that, friends at home.

Okay, and then you're going to fold your paper just like this.

You see that, Sahil?

So we put our leaves.

Good job.

I'll add some more, okay?

Just like that.

And now we're gonna fold it.

We'll put it all on one side of the paper, okay?

It could be the right or the left side, just make sure the leaves are on one side.

Then you're gonna fold it, okay?

I'm gonna fold it just like this for you, okay?

And now we're going to use this metal spoon, and you are going to press down right on the leaf and the paper, and you're also gonna rub at the same time, okay?

I'll show you an example at home, okay?

So I'm gonna press.

I feel that the leaf is right here.

I'm gonna hold it down in place, Sahil, you see?

And with my spoon, I'm going to press down.

I'm applying pressure, and at the same time, I'm rubbing.

Okay, rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, rub.

Would you like to try, Sahil?

- Yeah.

- Yes?

Which spoon would you like?

- This one.

- Okay, there you go, buddy.

Here, I can help you.

I'll hold the paper down for you while you rub.

Do you feel the leaf in there?

Okay, now press down.

Would you like me to help you too?

We can do it together.

- Yeah.

- Yes?

Okay.

Rub together, just like that.

Keep rubbing.

Good job.

All right.

You let me know when you feel like you should take a break and check it out.

Do you think we should take a break now, Sahil?

- Yeah.

- Yes?

Okay.

Are you ready?

Put those down, and let's see.

Oh, wow.

Good job!

Amazing!

Look, all the chlorophyll from the green leaf is now on your paper.

Friends at home, do you see mine?

This is awesome, right?

This activity is such a great way to integrate science and art.

Next, we are going to do leaf rubbings.

With leaf rubbings, you just need a piece of paper.

- Paper.

- Yeah.

Some crayons.

- Crayons.

- But the trick is take some, you have to take the paper, peel it off, okay?

So you have, you see, all around, there's no paper.

So you have your crayons, and you need some leaves.

- Leaves.

- Okay?

So here's your leaf.

And what you're gonna do is you're gonna put it on your table first, okay?

- [Sahil] It's my favorite color!

- Oh, really?

Awesome.

You're gonna take the blank piece of paper, and you're gonna place it right over the leaf, just like that.

So, you can use a piece of tape to keep your paper in place, or just with one hand, hold your paper down so the paper doesn't move, right here.

And then take a crayon.

And you have to make sure it lies down on the paper, just like this, okay?

And then you're gonna roll it just like that.

Oops.

Can you hold the paper down?

We'll do this together, okay?

And you can do more than one color, so you can do, like, a colorful leaf rubbing.

So right now, I'll show you our first leaf rubbing.

Are you ready?

- Yes.

- I'll show our friends.

Ta-da!

Should we do another?

- Yeah.

- What color should we use?

- Blue.

- Blue?

Okay.

So here, would you like to try while I hold the paper?

- Yeah.

- Okay, I'll hold it down.

Here's the blue.

There you go.

Oops.

There you go, you rub it.

Remember, it has to lie flat like this, just the way I did it, just like that.

And then rub it back and forth.

Good job.

Keep going, bud.

Make sure you get the whole leaf.

Get the veins in there.

Whoa.

[chuckles] Good catch.

Keeps running away from you, huh?

Good job, Sahil.

I'm gonna try another color, okay?

- Another color.

- Which color should I try?

Should I try green, red, brown, orange?

- Orange.

- Orange.

Orange.

Ooh, that's beautiful, right?

- Yes.

- Here, look, friends at home, so you can see how it's coming out.

- [Sahil] Next.

- What color should we use next?

- Green.

- Green?

Okay.

So you do this.

Put it over here, you have some space.

Oh, that's beautiful.

How was that?

- Good.

- That was awesome?

- Yeah.

- Gimme five, man.