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RAINBOWS K - 3 NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK: MAKING WAVES THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT 1. Catch a rainbow investigation! 2. Where did it come from? 3. What is Light? animation 4. Light travels in waves 5. Light is white 6. Light is made of colours 7. Scattered white light makes colours 8. How can light be scattered? 9. Light bumps into rain 10. Why is it called a rainbow?
Transcript of Rainbows
RAINBOWS
K - 3
NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK: MAKING WAVES THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT
1. Catch a rainbow investigation!
2. Where did it come from?
3. What is Light? animation
4. Light travels in waves
5. Light is white
6. Light is made of colours
7. Scattered white light makes colours
8. How can light be scattered?
9. Light bumps into rain
10. Why is it called a rainbow?
Procedure:
1. Find some sunshine through a window
2. Hold the shiny side of your CD in the
sun rays.
3. Move the white card around to find the
reflection and catch a rainbow!
Materials:
CD
White card
Partner
Catch a Rainbow!
Results: What happened!?
Record: Draw what you saw!
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Where do YOU
think the
rainbow came
from?
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WHAT IS LIGHT?ANIMATION
Link from National Science Week ebook: Scholastic StudyJams: Video
Teachers- a little bit of a scary shadow at the start
Kids - are you ready ??
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Light travels in waves.
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Light from the sun is white.
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White light is made from light waves of different colors.
It travels in straight lines.
We can only see these colours when
white light bumps into something
that scatters the waves.
SUN
CD
Shiny CD
CD
Prism Water Drop
These objects can scatter light ...
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When light bumps into
rain we see
these colours.
That's why it's called a rainbow!
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