Teach Children How to Make a Rainbow

Teach Children How to Make a Rainbow
Seeing a rainbow outside your house can be a very beautiful thing, but what if you wanted to make one yourself? Fortunately, it is very easy for kids to make their very own rainbow! All you need is a glass of water (filled to about three quarters full), a white piece of a paper, and that beautiful sun to be shining outside. The rest of the instructions are very easy.
First, you take the glass of water and the piece of paper to any part of the room that has the sun coming into it. Usually, going near the window where a good piece of sunlight coming in is good. Second, make sure to hold the glass of water above the paper, which will cause the sunlight to go through the water and begin to refract (meaning bend) light and form a rainbow onto the piece of paper! That is it, you now officially have your own rainbow. For added experimentation, you can even try holding your glass of water at different angles and heights to see if it will cause the rainbow to morph and change shape on the piece of paper.
As you can see, creating a rainbow can be very easy yet very fun and exciting for kids. All that is happening is that the rainbow you see from rain and the sun is happening from the glass of water. If you have ever gotten a drink outside through a water fountain, or played in a sprinkler outside, you have probably already seen a rainbow on your very own ground.
This is a very fun experiment to do with kids as it causes them to not only enjoy science more but can help them be more creative in their thought process. There are other ways to make a rainbow but this is by far the quickest and easiest way for kids. You could even grab a hose, have one of the kids block the water coming from the hose just barely (to create a mist effect) and watch as while the rain is touching the ground a rainbow is formed. There are a lot of different ways to go about this experiment but each achieves the same result. Be sure to let each kid make their own rainbow and see who can even make the biggest, brightest one! Kids will want to do more and more experiments, and thus learn about science, from here on out!