Rainbow Walking Water: A Fun Science Experiment for Kids

πŸŒˆπŸšΆβ€β™‚οΈ Rainbow Walking Water Experiment


πŸ§ͺ What is the Rainbow Walking Water experiment?

It’s a cool experiment where colored water seems to walk from one glass to another and makes a rainbow 🌈.


🧰 What you need

  • 6 clear glasses πŸ₯›
  • Water πŸ’§
  • Paper towels 🧻
  • Food coloring (red, yellow, blue) 🎨

πŸ§ͺ How to do the experiment

1️⃣ Line up the glasses in a row
2️⃣ Fill glass 1, 3, and 5 with water
3️⃣ Leave glass 2, 4, and 6 empty
4️⃣ Add food coloring:

  • Red in glass 1 πŸ”΄
  • Yellow in glass 3 🟑
  • Blue in glass 5 πŸ”΅

5️⃣ Fold paper towels and place:

  • One end in a full glass
  • Other end in an empty glass

6️⃣ Wait and watch! πŸ‘€


🌈 What happens?

  • Water climbs up the paper towel
  • Then it walks down into the empty glass
  • Colors mix and form:
    • Red + Yellow β†’ Orange 🟠
    • Yellow + Blue β†’ Green 🟒

🧠 The science behind it (simple)

1️⃣ Capillary action

  • Paper towels have tiny holes
  • Water moves through these tiny spaces
  • This is called capillary action

πŸ‘‰ Same reason plants drink water through roots 🌱


2️⃣ Color mixing

  • When two colors meet, they mix
  • This creates new rainbow colors 🌈

🧠 Easy way to remember

Water walks using paper towels because of tiny spaces inside them


🌟 Fun facts for kids

  • Plants use the same trick to drink water
  • You can try different colors
  • It works best if you wait patiently ⏳

πŸ“Œ One-line summary

The rainbow walking water experiment shows how water moves through paper towels using capillary action and mixes colors.


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