With Saint Patrick's Day coming up there has been a lot of discussion in class about leprechauns, pots of gold, wishes, and rainbows! I ran with their interest of rainbows and tried two rainbow experiments. The first is watching a rainbow form out of Skittles. Supplies Needed: • Bag(s) of Skittles • White Plate • Warm Water Arrange Skittles in a circle on a plate. We tried to make a rainbow pattern, but ran short of red and added some extra orange to fill the gaps. Slowly pour warm in the center of the plate until it reaches the edge. Let the plate sit and watch the colors instantly bleed into the center of the plate. Any my movement of the plate or water will make the rainbow "beams" mix up so encourage kids not to touch anything. We first tested this experiment at home and at the end my kids noticed the color on the Skittles was still solid on top and asked if we could flip them over and try it again, so we did! And it worked again!! What a great observation, curiosity, and experiment!
This is is such an easy and visually appealing experiment to try with young kids.
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Sharon
3/27/2017 09:07:23 pm
Love this! Will do this sometime in April with my class...
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