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Rainbow Walking Water

Watch colored water climb up paper towels from cup to cup and mix to make brand new colors.

Grade 1ExperimentScienceChemistryPhysicsBeginner20 to 30 min6 materialsAdult supervision required

What you'll learn

  • Make a prediction and check it
  • Name the primary colors and the colors they make
  • Describe what you see changing over time

Objective

Predict and observe how water travels along paper and how colors mix to make new colors.

STEM concepts

Water moves through paperColor mixingObservation over timePrediction
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