It was an exciting week for our super scientists as we began our new science unit. After reading Don Freeman's A Rainbow of My Own about a boy who imagines what it would be like to have his own rainbow, we used the chart below to record what we think we know about rainbows and started a listed of "I Wonder" questions to help get our science investigations underway! We will continue to add questions and confirm or adjust some of our thinking as we learn more about rainbows, color, and light.

During our first investigation, we used a flashlight and a prism to produce a rainbow. The class did a great job discussing and describing their observations, and they were surprised that the rainbow we saw on our wall was a straight line--not curved like the rainbows we see in the sky! The children were also curious about why the rainbow we saw was not in the direction we were pointing the flashlight. After some great discussion, we learned that light can bend, or refract, when passing through clear objects like a prism and can separate into the colors of the rainbow. Check out our observations below!
February 8-12
This week in science the children had a blast learning about primary and secondary colors while mixing paint and making playdough. We even learned about making tints and shades by adding white or black to our paint.
Take a peek at our slideshow below to see our scientists in action!
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