Lesson 8 of 10 · Mixing Colors
Experiment⭐ 30 XPSort the Beads
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Mixing Colors.
🎯 Your mission
Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.
⚡ The twist
Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.
Mind = Blown
🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.
What You'll Learn
You can separate a mixture of beads by sorting them by color or size.
Key Words
Tap a word to see its definition.
Materials Needed
- food coloring
Safety First
- Have an adult check your set-up before you start, and tidy everything away afterwards.
Steps
Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?
Mix two colors of paint together. What new color did you make?
Look closely! What do you see?
Draw a picture of what you learned today.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What color do you get mixing red and yellow?
Where you see this in real life
This shows up in your everyday life more than you'd think.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Try one experiment in real life this week — even a tiny one.
For the dinner table
“What's the most surprising thing you learned today?”
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Ready?
Sort the Beads
Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.
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