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Learning Activities: What Color Am I?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Pupils identify various species of anurans by their skin coloration. They describe how coloration contributes to survival.
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Spectrophotometry Lab

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use a machine called a spectrophotometer to determine how much light is absorbed by certain substances. Students record the absorbance and the % of light transmitted for different color solutions, graph their results, and then...
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Is Your Blue Really Blue? [Metamerism]

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students learn fundamentals about color perception, and explain the phenomenon called "metamerism". Students learn the three basic components of color perception: light source, illuminated colored object, and the light detector.
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Quiz 113

For Students 6th - 7th
In this color quiz worksheet, learners answer 12 online questions about color. The color questions are related to history, art, culture and mineral dyes.
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The Connection Between Pigment and Light Colors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn the procedure for mixing secondary colors from primary pigments and observe the results of mixing two primary colors.
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Are You What You Eat?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars observe what happens to the pigment of the Manduca when food coloring is added to their diet. They discuss how coloration affects their lifestyle. They answer questions to complete the lesson.
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Pleasant Valley Community School District

Integumentary System

For Teachers 8th - 10th
This document can be used as a slide show to introduce your human body systems class to the integumentary system, also know as skin. Topics outlined include the roles of skin, details about its its layers, and color (cause and...
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Lipstick Chromatography/Ink Chromatography

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Junior crime scene investigators are instructed in two different chromatography exercises. For female suspects, they separate and compare lipstick pigments. For male suspects, they separate and compare ink samples. A data sheet is...
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Synthesizing Pigment and Dyeing Cloth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a synthetic dye and oxidize the dye and record the effects.
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The Connection Between Pigment and Light Colors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explain the mole concept and use this concept to prepare chemical solutions of particular molarities.
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Urbana School District

Light

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
You matter, unless you multiply yourself by the speed of light ... then you energy. Presentation covers the behavior of light as both a wave and a particle, light versus sound, space travel, why objects have colors, depth perception,...
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TISSUE PAINTING

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students designs a unique tissue painting by filling in the sketch with selected colored tissue paper and its placement.
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Leaf Chromatography

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
You can bring science alive for students with these lessons on leaf pigments.
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Is Your Blue Really Blue? [Metamerism]

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine color perception and how it relates to metamerism.  In this color lesson students complete a lab activity that shows them the three basic components of color perception. 
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Life size figures - Moveable Murals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create life-size human figures and decorate them in a collage style with torn colored pieces of pictures from magazines. They display them around the school, creating life-size murals.
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Photosynthesis

For Teachers 7th - 10th
This relatively short PowerPoint contains all of the information necessary to give a clear summary of Photosynthesis. There are a few illustrations and clear descriptions of each stage of the main reactions.
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The Effects of Light and Temperature on the Growth and Development of Plants

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the effects of light and temperature on plant growth and development. In this plant growth lesson plan, students use radish plants and cover them with different shades of green and red transparencies and...
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Color Your Summer

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils explore different artistic media and techniques used to capture, express, and share summer memories. They research art history and view video clips online to create a piece of online art.
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Rainbow Electrophoresis

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are introduced to the principles of gel electrophoresis and also provides an opportunity for students to practice loading gels and prpetting. In this laboratory activity, food color is used to separate into constituent pigments.
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Cave Painting

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate ancient man in the use of cave art. Using pastel chalks (similar to earth pigments--earth tones only) the students were to draw an image/ or images onto their rock. Afterward we "framed" these with intertwined vine...
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Ribbon Wand Dancing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils construct a ribbon wand which, through the use of line, color, contrast and shape can be used to better express a given emotion. Learners improvise a brief dance created through manipulation of ribbon wand using three distinct...
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Helen Frankenthaler Biography

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine the abstract art of Helen Frankenthaler. In this art analysis lesson, students complete a criticism of the aesthetics of the art, analyze the color use in the art, and research the history of abstract art.
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Straw Chromatography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students separate food coloring using liquid chromatography. In this chemistry lesson, students explain the effects of different solvents on the rate of separation.
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Is Dilution the Solution To Pollution?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students demonstrate the meaning of dilution and concentration and how pollution can affect the water that you drink. They perform an experiment to calculate the final concentration and dilution factor of solutions. They record the color...