STEAM Skittles Rainbow

First graders studied light energy and how rainbows are formed.  They filled a plate with skittles in rainbow order and observed what happens when water hits each color skittle at the same time.   The different colored dyes separated as they diffused into the water. Check out the rainbows they created!   The colorful sugar coating dissolved and spread outward to create a "rainbow effect". 

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