Home science experiments: how to create a rainbow
As part of our home science experiment series, we are showing you how to gets hands on with science to make learning more fun.
Read on to find out how to make your very own rainbow with some common household items…
- Glass of water
1 Cut the card
Wait for a sunny day. Cut a 2.5cm (1in)-wide slit in the cardboard, slightly longer than the height of your glass.
2 Secure the card
Stand it up with the slit between you and the Sun. Sellotape the bottom to keep it steady.
3 Place your glass
Put your glass of water next to the card so that the card is between the glass and the Sun. The light should stream through, hit the glass and split into a rainbow. Move the glass about a bit until it appears.
What you’ve learnt:
With this fun experiment you’ll learn about the properties of light, their different wavelengths and the light spectrum.