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Colourful Weather, Ep 1: What shape is a rainbow?

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Presenter Nate Byrne with computer graphic overlay of rainbow and pots of gold at its base
Colourful Weather, Ep 1: What shape is a rainbow?

SUBJECTS:  GeographyScience

YEARS:  5–6, 9–10


All you need is water, the sky and sunlight and you've got something that's colourful – with a pot of gold at each end.

What is it? A rainbow!

Find out what happens to sunlight inside a raindrop, why rainbow colours are always in the same order and the real shape of a rainbow. Tip: it's not an arch!


Acknowledgements

Produced by the ABC in partnership with the Bureau of Meteorology.


Date of broadcast: 4 Sep 2019


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