We have some connecting cubes at preschool that we’ve had forever. Sure, they’re good for making things and counting and patterning, but they really excel at being spinners. A little boy several years ago figured out if you stick five of them together with the nubby bit on the table, it will spin and spin and spin.
Once I thought I’d be all smart and see if making one from yellow and blue blocks would make a spinning green circle. They did not. But if you make a spinner with two secondary colors that share a color? Well, guess what?
Green and orange? (The greens really should both be the brighter shade.)
Boom! See the yellow? (It’s hard to capture it with a camera.)
Purple and green?
A really interesting blue. Darn camera. You can kind of see it in the middle.
This one is my favorite: Purple and orange.
Hot pink! It’s so fun.
Science is cool.
Brad says
So are the colors adding together light light does instead of like pigment does? I know those follow different rules, but it’s been a while since my Physics classes, so I have trouble remembering
Peggy says
I love that! I have no idea about the science gobbledygook, I just know it looks so pretty! You’re student is a genius.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_CtPqIlJ-M
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