Rainbow in Jar
-We all love rainbow. if we create rainbow at home that would be more funny and kids enjoy it.
-Here we created rainbow in jar using sugar,water and food colors through simple sugar density experiment.
-Density is compactness of stuff in particular space.
-Here we are creating a rainbow tower by adding sugar in diffrent concentrations. (More sugar-more dense-sinks more)
-Take same quantity of water in 5 cups as shown in my pics. Add diffrent food colors and give a mix.
Add Sugar in Increasing Concentrations
-Now start adding sugar in increasing concentrations in each cup say 1tsp,2tsp,4tsp,6tsp....
-Give a mix. Here i showed adding sugar in green cup. But i added sugar in all cups in order as follows
yellow-no sugar,orange-1tsp,green-2tsp,red-4tsp,blue-6tsp
Transfer Each Color in to Empty Jar With Syringe
-Now take another empty tube or jar.With the help of syringe slowly transfer the colored liquids in concentration increasing to decreasing order(blue,red,green,orange,yellow)
-Finally you can see beautiful rainbow tower.My kid enjoyed seeing rainbow in jar.By this technique you can teach them how substances sink or float depending on density.
Playing With Colors
-kids enjoy playing with colors.My 3yr old had more fun in doing this.
-One good technique to teach about primary,secondary colors and also absorption technique is with this experiment.
-You will be using primary colors and form secondary colors by combining them
Items needed:
-Diffrent food colors
-4 to 5 cups or glasses
-water
-tissue papers
Experiment:
-Primary colors when combined forms secondary colors
BLUE and YELLOW - GREEN
RED and YELLOW- ORANGE
RED and BLUE- PURPLE
-Take 4 cups and add water to it. Add diffrent food colors in all cups and give a mix.
-Fold paper towel in to thin stripes.
Arrange as follows: BLUE cup+EMPTY cup+YELLOW cup, RED cup+EMPTY cup+YELLOW cup (place tissue strips in blue and yellow cup such that one end is dipped in colored water and one end in empty cup)
-Similarly do with red and yellow cups
-Water will be soaking in paper towel and in to empty cups mixing 2 colors together to form secondary color.It takes little long time and your kids can slowly observe this process.
-Later you can see your secondary colors in middle empty cups.this technique helps in learning how the color gets mixed and create new colors by absorption
Final result: BLUE+GREEN+YELLOW
RED+ORANGE+YELLOW.