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Lesson Planning

Teaching

Activities

  1. Use secondary sources to research how rainbows are formed.
  2. Actively investigate the occurrence rainbows using bubbles, CDs and prisms.
  3. Take part in a quiz to assess knowledge on light.
  4. Review all the evidence to solve the crime.

Investigation
There is one last clue to solve. A strange pair of rainbows appeared on the curtain just before the empty jewellery box was found. Discover that white light is made of different coloured light. What could have caused the rainbows? Where was it? Which suspects were involved? Solve the mystery.
Year 3 /Year 4 - Working together in mixed ability groups on a carousel of activities. Have higher expectations with regard to year 4s on the level of explanation.

Vocabulary
Rainbow, white light, spectrum, prism, refraction, dispersion

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