When you teach basic physics to young elementary school children, you can captivate the kids more effectively by demonstrating a simple experiment to them that is related to your lessons. For instance, you can teach the children about how white light can be refracted to produce the entire spectrum of visible light colors. You can produce this type of experiment using materials that can be found around the classroom, such as a drinking glass and plain white paper.
- Tall drinking glass
- Water
- White printer paper
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Instructions
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Fill a clear drinking glass halfway with water.
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Situate a table next to a window with direct sunlight shining through.
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Place the glass of water on the table, positioning it at the edge and in the path of the sunlight.
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Place a sheet of white paper on the floor next to the table where the sun is shining through the glass. The sunlight shining through the water in the glass will refract and will be separated into a rainbow spectrum on the paper.