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From the dark end of the street
To the bright side of the road.

Into this life we're born
Baby, sometimes we don't know why;
And time seems to go by so fast
In the twinkling of an eye.

Let's enjoy it while we can
Won't you help me sing my song;
From the dark end of the street
To the bright side of the road"

-- Van Morrison --

Friday, August 20, 2010

Rainbow magic

What an amazing day!

I was with my Pre-Primary kids today
... all 20 of them ...
and we had such a fun day.

We explored the colours of the rainbow and
did a bit of magic (or science) too.

The kids are super excited about doing these
science experiments at the moment
and I am getting some great compliments as a result!

It was "Mrs Magic" today! Ha ha.

The experiment:

Step 1. Add 1 cup of milk to a shallow bowl.

Step 2. Add 3 drops of yellow food colouring
 to one edge of the bowl

then 3 drops of red food colouring
 about a third of the way around the bowl,

and 3 drops of blue food colouring
 another third of the way around the bowl.

DON'T JIGGLE OR MIX

Step 3. Squeeze a drop of dish washing detergent
into the centre of the bowl.

Step 4. Now watch what happens!!!!!!!!!!!


We had four tables, each with eager faces watching intently
as the detergent swirled through the milk
picking up each of the colours as it went.

Rainbow Magic, indeed!

This is the one we did at home :)

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