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Prism Party! - What is a rainbow? (Experiment) |
by Mya Kagan (whyzz writer) >> more about the author
Try this experiment, and you can make all of the colors of the rainbow in your own backyard!
Find out if you can buy or find a prism, which is a special clear triangle-shaped object sort of like a crystal. The really neat thing about prisms is that they can do the same thing to light as the droplets of water that make a rainbow!
Go outside with your prism on a sunny day and kneel down close to the sidewalk with it. Move your prism into lots of different angles until you find just the right angle for the light to hit the prism and to shine back with a rainbow!