Children explain the rainbow 1 Children explain the rainbow: Using young children’s ideas to guide science curricula (revision submitted March 6, 2011, accepted March 7, 2011) Christina Siry* and Isabelle Kremer University of Luxembourg, Walferdange, Luxembourg *corresponding author christina.siry@uni.lu Final draft, post‐refereeing of: Siry, C. & Kremer, I. (2011). Children explain the rainbow: Using young children’s ideas to guide science curricula. Invited contribution to special issue of The Journal of Science Education and Technology, 20, 643‐655. Available on Springerlink, at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10956‐011‐9320‐ 5?LI=true#page‐1