Read this aloud:
After a summer storm, Maya ran to the window. A rainbow stretched across the sky. "Where did it come from?" she asked. "It wasn't there before the rain." Her little brother had a plan: "Let's go and find the end of it." Grandpa smiled: "We can make our own, right here in the kitchen." Your job: find out what a rainbow needs, and make one yourself.
Jobs:
- One child does everything, with you helping.
- Two children: the Light keeper (holds the paper and moves it to catch the light) and the Recorder (colours what you see on the sheet).
- Three children: add a Checker, who makes sure only one thing changes in the fair test.
In the full lesson PDF
- Bet (5 min)
- Hunt (20–30 min)
- Reveal (10 min)
- Act (10 min)
- The science, for grown-ups
- Questions they'll ask (and what to say)
- Make it easier, make it harder
- Go further
- Student sheet
Written for parents: no science background needed. US Letter, prints cleanly in black and white, with a kids’ sheet on its own page.