Today In History

http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/calendar

Thought this might be of interest to those of you who have older HS children. It would be great as a daily trivia type thing or 10 min research activity.

Rainbows

Fun facts

• There are seven colours in the rainbow – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
• The colours are always in the same order starting with red at the top.
• You can memorise the colours by remembering the name ROY G BIV
• Rainbows are made of light, you can see them with your eyes but you can’t touch them.
• Sunlight looks white but is really made up of every colour of the rainbow.
• To see a rainbow the sun must be shining behind you and there must be water drops in the air in front of you. The sunlight shines in the water drops and makes the colours.
• The brightest rainbows are made when the water drops are large – after a rain shower or near waterfalls or waves.

Some fun things to try

• Make a rainbow using a garden hose. With the sun shining on your back spray a fine mist of water below your eye level and you’ll have made a rainbow.
• Go on a scavenger hunt collecting something for every colour of the rainbow.
• Make a rainbow collage.
• Sing the song “I can sing a rainbow”
• Have a go signing the above song. (link for a video on the words page)
• Draw a rainbow with chalk on the concrete.
• Read a story that has a rainbow in it. (Finding a book with rainbows in it could be something fun to do at the library)
• Make rainbows on the wall using a prism.
• Make up a poem about rainbows.