This rainbow carnations experiment was a great visual way to teach my bugs how water travels up through the stems of flowers and plants. We actually conducted this experiment back in March, when the boys were learning about rainbows, which is why you may notice that some of the pictures have SNOW in the background!
Read MoreRainbow Food for St. Patrick’s Day
I am ridiculously late in posting this for St. Patrick’s Day, but I suppose it doesn’t have to be St. Patrick’s Day in order to enjoy these rainbow snacks and healthy, green shamrock smoothie. What better way to brighten up a drab day than by jazzing up meal time with some vibrant colours?
Read MoreRainbow Fish Suncatcher
The boys had recently experimented with projecting rainbows using old DVD’s, so I thought it would be fun to recycle the old DVD’s into a rainbow craft. I started by introducing my bugs to Marcus Pfister’s picture book, The Rainbow Fish.
Read MoreRainbow in a Glass
This rainbow science experiment is a fun way to explore density.
Read MoreRainbow Erupting Sculptures
The spectacular chemical reaction of baking soda and vinegar never gets old in our house! There’s just something exhilarating and oddly satisfying about causing something to fizz, bubble and erupt. With this in mind, it only makes sense that causing ordinary sculpted creations to ooze and explode into a flurry of rainbow colours would be exponentially cooler….right?!
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The Colours of a Rainbow
My bugs have been busy investigating and learning about rainbows. Unfortunately, it has been far too cold here for any rain, so we haven’t actually got to witness any rainbows in the sky, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be creative and make rainbows of our own!
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