Curated OER
Crossing the Color Line
High schoolers watch the series "Unforgiveable Blackness". They analyze Jack Johnson's life to investigate the legal system and interracial relationships. They examine how segregation was threatened by peole allowing to marry ones out of...
Curated OER
Diffraction of Laser Light, Polarization and Color Filters
High schoolers investigate light behavior by conducting a series of experiments. In this physics instructional activity, students calculate the wavelength of the light source using an equation. They determine what color is produced when...
Starry Night Education
The Stars
Three astronomy activities in one resource! Here you will find one hands-on activity, one demonstration, both with discussion questions, and one activity worksheet. During these lessons young scientists discuss how stars are...
Curated OER
A World Without Color And A World With Color
Sixth graders create black and white pictures followed by a re-creation of the same picture using color with an emphasis on contrast, depth, and mood.
Curated OER
What color are the fish?
In this fish colors activity, students look at pictures of fish and choose what color that fish is. Students complete 15 multiple choice questions.
Curated OER
Color Me
In this color me worksheet, young scholars color and illustrate four common urban birds: American kestrel, black-chinned hummingbird, American robin and American goldfinch.
Curated OER
4 Part Color Study in Painter Classic
Students use the Wacom tablet to demonstrate observational drawings, design principles, and color schemes. Students create four different images of a common art or graphics tool based on four color schemes and a different effect.
Curated OER
Spiders - Trace and Color
In this trace and color spider worksheet, students trace the outline of a black widow spider then color in the picture they traced. This would be a great extension activity for a unit on spiders.
Curated OER
Kandinsky Color Studies
Students study the artist Wassily Kandinsky as well as his art and and music. In this art appreciation lesson, students view a variety of Kandinsky's work and circular color studies. Students relate the use of color to emotion...
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Jobs Read and Color
In this jobs worksheet, students color pictures of people dressed in their job clothing. They color one item n each picture an indicated color. There are nine problems to color on this one page worksheet.
Curated OER
Color/Picture Association
In this color and picture association worksheet, learners read each word and match the word to the correct picture that illustrates that color correctly.
Curated OER
Color Me
For this color me worksheet, students color and illustrate four unique birds: black-billed magpie, steller's jay, western tanager and dark-eyed junco.
Curated OER
Color Me: African Animals
In this color me worksheet, students color and illustrate four unique forest animals: black-backed jackal, leopard, cape hunting dog and lion.
Stanford University
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X: A Common Solution?
Much has been made of the differences between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. But was there any common ground between them? Class members reconsider what they think they know about these two civil rights leaders with...
Teach Engineering
Chromatography Lab
Groups use alcohol and chromatography paper to separate the color components of black ink. The purpose of the activity is to allow the class to become aware that mixtures exist in hidden places.
American Institute of Architects
Architecture: It's Elementary!—First Grade
Build an interest and appreciation for architecture in your young learners with this fun 10-lesson art unit. Engaging children in using their five senses, the class first observes the environment around them, paying...
Southwestern Medical Center
A Classroom Demonstration of Protein Folding
Does the mention of proteins and polypeptide relationships in your classroom result in mass confusion? Does the attempt to teach this important concept generate multiple questions and, at times, lead to a room filled with blank...
Student Handouts
Getting-to-Know-You Bingo Game
Add some variety to your traditional getting-to-know-you activity with a game of bingo! Learners meet and greet with their classmates, filling in squares on a bingo card with students who fit the appropriate description...
PreKinders
Colors of Nature
The colors of nature are the most beautiful and vivid colors in the world. Show kids the ways that colors are striking and changing throughout different habitats with a set of images that feature two animals or plants for each color.
Scholastic
Jackie Robinson
Learners complete a six-page coloring book featuring Major League Baseball's first African American player, Jackie Robinson. To bring the pages to life, scholars follow directions adding color and pictures where directed.
Agriculture in the Classroom
Roll of the Genes
Animal reproduction in sheep and cattle is explored with the help of Punnet squares. Scholars employ tools using probability to conclude the color of wool a sheep's offspring will have. Acting as animal geneticists, pupils then take...
PBS
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech as a Work of Literature
To appreciate the oratory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, scholars examine the rhetorical devices and influences that make the speech so famous. They examine background information, conduct a close reading of the...
Curated OER
Black Balloon
In this black balloon worksheet, students color the balloon in the picture the color black. Students color one balloon on this page.
Curated OER
Introductory Activity for Color Unit: Edible Color Wheel
Students use food coloring and frosting to make an edible color wheel. They identify the primary colors and experiment with mixing colored frosting to produce the secondary colors. Students then eat their color wheel.