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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Rainbow Math Activity Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Red apples, orange candles, yellow stars, green frogs, and blue, indigo, and violet flowers-they all add up to Rainbow Math fun! During this adventure children learn the colors of the rainbow as they practice counting, adding and...
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Website
British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: Moon on a Rainbow Shawl

For Students 9th - 10th
"Moon on a Rainbow Shawl" is a play by Trinidadian actor, playwright, and director Errol John. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Types of Rainbows

For Students 4th - 8th
There are many types of rainbows, which may not be common knowledge. Learn about the fogbow, the lunar rainbow, and other interesting types, and how they each form.
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Website
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: About Rainbows

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University Corporation of Atmospheric Research provides an illustrated article about the phenomenon of rainbows.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Rainbow, Rainbow

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This interactive nonfiction ebook focuses on the colors in the rainbow. Children can choose to read independently or listen to each sentence read to them.
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Handout
Optical Society

Optical Society of America: Optics for Kids: What Causes Rainbows?

For Students 3rd - 5th
An experiment to demonstrate how to make a rainbow and why they form.
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Website
Curated OER

Weather Dude: Rainbows

For Students 9th - 10th
Informational site allows users to discover what makes a rainbow. Discover how they form and learn some interesting facts about them along the way.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Sci Jinks: What Causes a Rainbow?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out whatever you wanted to know about rainbows and how they form. Check out the section on folklore regarding rainbows too.
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Interactive
NASA

Sci Jinks: Rainbow Simulation

For Students 3rd - 8th
Play around with the variables involved in rainbows. We know we usually see rainbows following a rain shower. What's the science behind it? Find out with this interactive.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Whys of Weather the Colors of the Rainbow

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A Native American legend explaining the origin of rainbows. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Interactive
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Make a Rainbow

For Students 9th - 10th
Make a rainbow by changing angles and placement of the observer, the sun, and the rain.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction and the Ray Model of Light: Rainbow Formation

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the physics behind Roy G. Biv, and how rainbows are formed by drawing upon our understanding of refraction, internal reflection, and dispersion.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson, early elementary and special education students learn about generosity by reading the book The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister (not provided through the lesson plan). Graphic organizers are used to aid in reading the book....
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Museum Network (UK)

Museum Network: "The Rainbow Landscape" by Peter Paul Rubens

For Students 9th - 10th
From the British, Museum Network, which brings together information from and the expertise of various professionals at numerous museums, this is an object description of "The Rainbow Landscape" by the Flemish Baroque painter, Peter Paul...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Whys of Weather Rainbows

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about rainbows and how they are formed. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Rainbow Popsicle

For Students K - 1st
Explore kitchen chemistry and make a cool rainbow popsicle.
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Handout
Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Canadian Geographic: Animal Facts: Rainbow Trout

For Students 9th - 10th
explore fast facts, physiology, habitats, behaviors, and range of the rainbow trout.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Rainbow Candy

For Students 6th - 8th
Make your own rainbow candy in this fun STEM activity. You will do it without using any food coloring. Instead, you will use a light-bending phenomenon called diffraction.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: How Do Rainbows Form

For Students 4th - 6th
Provides an explanation in five steps of how rainbows form.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Colors of the Rainbow in Order

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn the seven colors of the rainbow in order and what each of them symbolizes. Includes a helpful mnemonic.
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Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: How Rainbows Work

For Students K - 1st
Learn how rainbows work by reading this illustrated explanation.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Double Rainbow

For Students Pre-K - 1st
After viewing the "Double Rainbow" episode of Plum Landing, students will discuss what they have learned about rainbow parrotfish. Then students will design and post their own illustrations of a school of these rainbow parrotfish.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake by Laura Lee Hope

For Students 3rd - 5th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake, a book from the early 1900's series, "The Outdoor Girls." This series was written by the author who went by the pseudonym...
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Activity
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: The Rainbow Never Tells Me

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "The Rainbow Never Tells Me", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Scott Becker and can access a printable version of this piece.

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