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Make a small rainbow
Mridang: Unit 4, Chapter 2
GoalFollow steps to make a little rainbow.
New words
mist · a very fine spray of waterspray · send water out in tiny dropsbehind · at your backsafe · not in dangerdrops · tiny bits of water
Explanation
You can make a small rainbow. You need sun and water. Stand outside with the sun behind you. A grown-up sprays a fine mist in front of you. Look at the mist. You may see colours!
Stand outside on a sunny day. The sun is behind you.→A grown-up sprays a fine mist of water.→Look at the mist. Can you see the colours?
Worked examples
Stand with the sun behind you.
Spray a fine mist.
Look at the mist.
Say the colours you see.
Sunlight has all the colours in it. Drops of water help us to see them.
Be safe. Never look straight at the sun. Ask a grown-up to help with the water.
Class activity
Small rainbow. On a sunny morning, stand with your back to the sun. A grown-up uses a garden spray or a bottle with a fine mist. Say the colours you see. Then draw your rainbow and colour it.
Practice
1
Where must the sun be when you look at the mist?
Behind you.
2
What do we spray to make a rainbow?
Water.
3
We see a rainbow when sun and ___ are together. (rain / snow)
Rain.
4
Listen. Where is the rainbow?
…
Over the river.
5
Writing: copy ‘rain and sun’.
rain and sun