Jul 7, 2026 · 14 min · 11 segments
We're looking back at some of your all-time favourite Imagine This episodes. Nij is the guest scientist and the kids take the lead in this colourful adventure to learn all about the science of…
A rainbow is made, I think, with sun and raindrops, and, like, some paint, and then try and put it in the sky.
Hmm, interesting.
Colors come off butterflies and evaporate from plants.
That's a cool idea.
Rainbows are made from rain and sun.
You can see them when it's, when it's a sun shower, 'cause that's how a rainbow happens.
You see them in the sky.
Yeah.
Well, that's a good place to start.
Let's imagine ourselves high up in the sky.
Are we going to space?
Not that high.
We need rain, so let's start in the clouds.
Yeah, let's go.
Woo-hoo.
Oh, it's so cool up here.
The trees look like- Like broccoli.
[laughs] I can see the houses.
They look a bit smaller.
It looks like there's a fairy house.
We can see people that are tiny as peas.
[laughs]
[laughs] The reason we can see any of it is because of light.
'Cause the sun makes it bright enough to see.
It's hard to see in the dark.
A rainbow is made, I think, with sun and raindrops, and, like, some paint, and then try and put it in the sky.
Hmm, interesting.
Colors come off butterflies and evaporate from plants.
That's a cool idea.
Rainbows are made from rain and sun.
You can see them when it's, when it's a sun shower, 'cause that's how a rainbow happens.
You see them in the sky.
Yeah.
Well, that's a good place to start.
Let's imagine ourselves high up in the sky.
Are we going to space?
Not that high.
We need rain, so let's start in the clouds.
Yeah, let's go.
Woo-hoo.
Oh, it's so cool up here.
The trees look like- Like broccoli.
[laughs] I can see the houses.
They look a bit smaller.
It looks like there's a fairy house.
We can see people that are tiny as peas.
[laughs]
[laughs] The reason we can see any of it is because of light.
'Cause the sun makes it bright enough to see.
It's hard to see in the dark.
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