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CLIL: Science

Rainbows

A Look at the highlighted words
in the text and find their
definitions in a dictionary.
B What do you know about rainbows?
Why do rainbows appear after it rains?
Listen, read and check your answers.

Rainbows sometimes appear when
sunlight and raindrops come together.
Sunlight is white light and actually has
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different colours in it. We don’t usually
see them because when a beam of
sunlight comes down to earth, the
light is white.
When there are raindrops in the air
and the beam of sunlight hits them
at a specific angle, the raindrops
separate the white light into different
colours. That is why we see a rainbow.

We can see seven colours in a rainbow
We can see seven colours in a rainbow
We can see seven colours in a rainbow
in this order: red, orange, yellow,
green, blue, indigo and violet.

C Find the mistakes in the rainbow below.
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PROJECT

Do an experiment!
Make a rainbow!

You will need:
a plant
a plant
sunlight

a sprayer

1. Fill the sprayer with water.
2. Go outside on a sunny day.
3. Stand with your back to the sun.
Have something dark (e.g. a large
plant) in front of you.
4. Spray water in the air.

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