Friday, April 15, 2011

Color Mixing

We have been reading and experimenting with the science of color mixing. This afternoon in Fun Club we made Color Spinners. Students used 2 primary colors of marker on their CD's. We had prepared the CD's ahead of time with a penny in the middle. Students could spin the CD's and the colors blend into orange, green, or purple.

The girls in the class did this, too! I was sitting at the boy's table with the camera. We also mixed colors using eyedroppers and food coloring on coffee filters. The results will be displayed next week.
Next, we used our color mixing understanding to play "Frogs and Fireflies" on the iPad. The colored frogs will only eat flies that are the same color as they are. Students must mix red and blue to make a purple fly, blue and yellow to get a green fly, and yellow and red for an orange fly.

Two girls, laughing and sharing a special moment together at Talk Time this morning.