Build a rainbow density tower with just water plus one special ingredient…salt! (Or, swap salt with sugar to make a sugar density rainbow!) Learn how to do this colorful classroom science experiment below 👇
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What you need:
Salt
Water
Food coloring
Measuring cup
Teaspoon
5 plastic cups
1 tall, narrow glass (we used a graduated cylinder)
Pipette
How to build a rainbow in a glass:
1. Start with ½ cup of five different colors of water: red, orange, yellow, green, and blue.
2. Add ½ tsp of salt to the orange, 1 tsp of salt to the yellow, 1 ½ tsp salt to the green, and 2 tsp salt to the blue. Make sure to add no salt to the red.
3. Add the blue water to your container. We used a graduated cylinder and added 5 mL of each color.
4. Using a pipette, gradually add the green water, then yellow, orange, and red.
What’s going on?
Salt makes water more dense, and it will stay at the bottom of the container because...