Colorful Rainbow

Lab Brief #9

🎯 Your mission

Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.

⚡ The twist

Weather isn't random — it's just complicated.

What you'll learn

A rainbow appears when the sun shines through rain. It has many colors!

Key words

Make a hypothesis first

Before you observe: what shape will it leave?

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Step 1 of 3 · Read

Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?

Step 2 of 3 · Observe

Did anything change? Point to what is different.

Step 3 of 3 · Record

Point to the things you used in the activity.

Question 1 of 3

What makes a rainbow?

Question 2 of 3

Is the sun hot or cold?

Question 3 of 3

What do we wear when it rains?

Mind = blown

🌊 The deepest part of the ocean is deeper than Mount Everest is tall.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 3 right.

🎯

We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.

✨ More to explore

🌍 Where you see this in real life: This is shaping the ground you walk on, slowly, every single day.

🏆 Stretch challenge (try it this week): Find a rock outside and try to guess how old it is.

👨‍👩‍👧 For the dinner table: “What's the slowest change you can think of?”

Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.

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