eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Know and Learn: Shapes at the Playground

For Students K - 1st Standards
Look at all the shapes we can find in the world around us. Includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Shapes & Colors Bingo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This game enables children to practice recognizing shapes and colors in a fun way. All of the shapes listed in the Common Core standards for Kindergarten are included in the game. There are three modes of play: shapes only, colors only...
Interactive
NASA

NASA Kids Club: Rocket Builder

For Students K - 2nd
Students can hone their shape-recognition skills and use the plans to build a fleet of rockets.
Activity
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

Guggenheim Museum: Looking at Art: Art Investigations: Color and Mood

For Students 3rd - 8th
How can colors affect the mood of a painting? Take a look at Josef Albers's "Homage to the Square" and respond to prompts asking you to observe the painting's color and how it would be different if the artist used different colors. A...
Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Shapes Freeplay

For Students 9th - 10th
Play with a variety of shapes: color them, arrange them in patterns, copy them, and learn their names.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Sorting by Color

For Teachers K Standards
Counting bears that are the same size and shape help students focus on just one attribute.
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Cutting Corners

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students will use their knowledge of plane figure attributes to create and view shapes by cutting and rotating shapes to stimulate discussions on names and attributes of various shapes they do not regularly encounter.
Activity
NumberNut

Number Nut: Colors and Shapes

For Students 3rd - 5th
A succinct overview of colors and shapes with links to two shape games. In Shape Name Memory Challenge you match the shape with its name. In Three-Dimensional Shape Quiz, you must answer the quiz question by clicking on the correct color...
Activity
Other

Up to Ten: Freestyle Drawing With Shapes and Colors

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Choose a shape, then a color, and draw anything you want.
Activity
Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: Mqed: Color Harmonies and Algebra Tiles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The design project examines geometric shapes, color harmonies, and composition. An instructor sheet and student handout are included.
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Shape Attributes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
The introductory pages introduce the shapes and their attributes: triangle, rectangle, square, rhombus, circle, and oval. The additional pages allow students to practice shape recognition, tracing shapes, and drawing shapes.
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M3: L3: Can You Draw It? Working With Shapes

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 3 Lesson 3 of this course on spreadsheets, students learn how to insert shapes into a spreadsheet and enhance them by resizing, rotating, changing line width, adding color and text, etc. Includes slideshow tutorials.
Interactive
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Pattern Match: Shapes

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Young learners will have fun and practice shape recognition as they select correct shapes in order to complete simple patterns. Choose from four levels (easy, basic, hard, tough) and work against a timer to earn points.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Toothpicks: Patterns in Geometric Shapes

For Students 3rd - 5th
How can you describe the pattern made by a growing triangular shape? This interactive exercise focuses on using what you know about pattern recognition and completing a table so you have data you can use to graph the coordinates on a...
Interactive
Other

Kinderweb: Educational Children's Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Use this site to practice identifying shapes, colors, and animals with these interactive games.
Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity 1: Seeing Light and Color

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity focuses on using a box and a ball to experiment with light, shadows, and color. The goals are: Practice looking at light and shadow; Analyze how lighting influences the shape (soft/hard), color (hue) and value...
Lesson Plan
White House Historical Association

White House Historical Association: Colors and Shapes of the White House

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learning resource for K-3 about some of the different rooms in the White House as well as how they are decorated and how they are used.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pattern Recognition: Cyberchase Games

For Students K - 1st
Identify the patterns using addition, subtraction, and geometry to solve the puzzle and crack Hacker's code.
Website
PBS

Pbs the Shape of Life: Phylum Chordata

For Students 9th - 10th
From a PBS television series, this site offers a summary of the features which characterize the phylum chordata and includes multiple color photos.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Know and Learn: Do You See Hearts?

For Students K - 1st Standards
A book about things shaped like hearts. Includes audio narration in 19 additional languages with text in English.
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Same Different Shape Color Matching

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students will identify similarities and differences using colors and shapes in this whiteboard lesson provided by SMART.
Website
NumberNut

Number Nut: Basic Topics: Shapes, Symbols, and Colors: Colors

For Students 3rd - 8th
A short explanation of how we see color and what each of the primary and secondary colors symbolize.
Activity
Other

Arts Connect Ed Playground Make It

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Eight fun on-line art activities where young artists get to create, color, and design.
Lesson Plan
Arizona State University

Arts Work: Communicating Feelings Through Shape & Color

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson plan to help young scholars understand the use of symbols and images to express their feelings through their artwork. A great lesson plan to boost students' self esteem. Has a link to a site with examples of Kandinsky's work.

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