To go along with St. Patrick's Day we also learned about rainbows in our classroom last week. First, we watched a video on our SmartBoard from Discovery UnitedStreaming
about what makes a rainbow. Then we did science centers! They made rainbows out of markers, paper plates, construction paper and green Easter basket grass to represent that there must be rain AND sun present to see a rainbow. We also played a game on the Smartboard where the kids were asked to fill in the correct colors in the rainbow and I did a science experiment with them with just milk, dish soap and food coloring. I out a dab of red, yellow and blue in three seperate sections of a bowl filled with milk. Then I added in the dish soap. The dish soap did not mix with the milk-instead it floated on top making the colors mix and swirl together to make all the colors of a rainbow! The children were amazed as they watched the colors mix and swirl together to see the different colors that were made.