Rainbows

Since we are only a week away from St. Patrick's Day, Blaze is going to be learning about rainbows this week for science.
We started this unit by watching The Magic School Bus Makes a Rainbow, on You Tube.













Here is a poem to help children remember the color order in a rainbow:

"Roy G. Biv"



Roy G. Biv is an

Odd name for a fellow.

But what his name means is:

Red, Orange, Yellow

The G is for Green

Which as you may know

Comes right in the middle

Of every rainbow.

Next: Blue and Indigo

More pale than dark

Then V for violet--

And that completes the arc!


This theme even fit in perfectly with our math, because the third story for the Math Gnomes included a clever place value rainbow. Here is the one that Blaze made:




Edible Rainbow


This colorful desert looks simple when it's finished, but it actually took quite a bit of advanced planning, which started about three weeks ago when I had to explain to DH why I was getting a couple packages of Jello every time I went to the grocery store ( I don't buy Jello very often and DH only likes the red flavors). Then each layer of the rainbow had to set-up in the refrigerator before the next layer could be added, so the assembly took three days.


The Jello flavors of the Rainbow:

Violet=Grape

Indigo=Grape and Berry Blue mixed together

Blue=Berry Blue

Green=Lime

Yellow=Lemon

Orange=Orange

Red=Cherry



A little whipped cream makes a nice cloud on top.