We have some jelly beans left from a party, so we decided to use them to make rainbows. This is an easy science experiment that you can do with your children. It takes less than five minutes to set up and they have a lot of fun exploring what happens with the jelly beans.
You will need
A bag of jelly bean
A white plate
A cup of warm water
What you do
- Arrange Jelly beans on the edge of the plate.
- Pour in some warm water.
- Wait and observe what happens.
- After the colours meet in the center, take the jelly beans out and observe what has happened to the jelly beans.
What They Learn
- Children learn how to use and practise skills in the scientific method which is a techniques for investigating events, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting previous knowledge. They make observations, ask questions, make hypotheses, make an experiment and draw a conclusion. We didn't expect Mr Four to do all those steps in the scientific method but he actually did. He observed when we put jelly beans in the water, made a hypotheses about which colour would appear first, did the experiment, gathered the data and drew conclusions.
- Children learn about math in the experiment. There are patterns, colours, and lines. They observed how the colour travels, makes the shapes and creates patterns. Patterns can be found everywhere, it can help predict and can be used to solve problems. When children practise how to look for patterns, they also practise both mathematical and scientific skills.
- We can help children extend their learning by asking open-ended questions. This can encourage meaningful answers using their own knowledge and feelings. During the experiment, we asked Mr Four what would happen if we put water on to the jelly beans? What colour would appear first? Or where did the colour come from?
Let's watch the video how they did the experiment!
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