Rainbow Resources
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Rainbow Resources
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Air Crafts Bird
Pencil Cases
Rainbows should fold a piece of A4 craft
foam into thirds. They then use pipe cleaners to weave two of the
thirds together (for younger Rainbows/thicker foam you may need to
punch holes in the foam first). Then stick a bird picture onto the top
of the pencil case. Finally they should write their initials in glitter
glue and then attach stick on velcro dots to close the pencil case.
Teddy Parachutes  
 Print teddy bear outlines onto card. The
Rainbows should then cut and colour their teddies. Give each Rainbow 4
pieces of wool (about 25cm long) and a piece of kitchen roll. The
Rainbows should stick their wool using sticky tape to each of the
corners of the kitchen roll. They should then stick the other end of
each piece of wool to their teddy bear.
Games  Blowing Relay Race Sort the Rainbows into teams with even
numbers (we had three teams of six). Send half of each team to the
other side of the hall. Give each Rainbow a straw and each team a piece
of paper (we used 1/6 of an A4 sheet). When you should go the front
Rainbow blows the piece of paper across to the other side. The next
member of the team blows it back and so on.
Experiments
Candles
Need Air
Light a nightlight. Ask the Rainbows to
guess what will happen if you put a jam jar over the top of the
nightlight. Will it get bigger because the wind isn't blowing it? Will
it go out? Place the jar on top and show them that the candle goes out.
Explain that fire needs air.
Candles Need Oxygen Put coloured water into a bowl. Place a
candle in the middle of the bowl and light it. Place a jam jar over the
top of the candle, so that its bottom is slightly below the water
level. Watch as the water rises up into the jar! If the Rainbows want
to know the secret to the trick it is because the candle is using up
the oxygen in the jar. The water comes up to replace the oxgyen as it
is used.
Magic Paper (Air Flow) Give each Rainbow a strip of paper. Get them
to hand it up to their mouth and blow - showing that the paper blows
away from the direction they are blowing. Then get them to hold the
paper just under their lips and blow down. The paper goes up, not down!
 Air ExpandsPut a balloon on top of a small drinks
bottle. Put the drinks bottle into near boiling water. The balloon will
start to inflat.
Air Power Give each Rainbow a balloon and ask them to
blow it up. Send them to stand in a space in the room. On the count of
3 everyone lets go of their balloon. Watch them wizz around the room!
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