How is a Rainbow Formed?

Your name or Cooperative Group’s Name________________________________________

 

1. Your Challenge

 

  1. Introduction:

 

It just finished raining and you run outside to play.   You dash out the front door and you notice something out of the corner of you eye.  WOW, A rainbow in the sky!  It has the most amazing colors.  You begin to wonder…How did the rainbow come out?  Why is it so colorful? Why did it disappear so quickly? 

 

     B. The Challenge:

 

Do research on the internet to find out information about rainbows.  The following questions will be answered while you research rainbows.  After finding out the information needed to answer the questions below, we will make a rainbow of our own.

  1. What is a rainbow?

 

  1. How is a rainbow formed?                                                     

 

  1. What are the colors of a rainbow?

 

  1. What order are the colors of the rainbow?

 

2. Your Journey: Starting your search

        

      A.  To get more information, visit these sites

 

 

 

 

Site                                                                  URL

 

Rainbow Facts                                              http://www.weatherwizkids.com/optical_illusions.htm

 

Rainbows                                                      http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/rainbows/preview.weml