Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

The Color Green

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
A two-paragraph informative text takes a close look at the color green. Scholars listen to and or read the passage, then answer five multiple-choice questions. A progress report details learners' performance.
Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Butterfly

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
An interactive challenges scholars to read a short informational text about butterflies then answer eight questions. A progress report appears after the last question.
Activity
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Color Vision

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive simulation that teaches about photons, monochromatic light, white light, and rainbows through changing wavelengths, beams, filters, and color combinations. This simulation can either be downloaded or played online and...
Activity
The Tech Interactive

Make a Splash With Color

For Students 9th - 10th
The companion website for an exhibit housed at the Tech Museum of Innovation, in San Jose. The exhibit explores and explains how our eyes see color, the words we use to describe colors, and how the eye works.
Website
Other

Color Matters

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn to understand color from a variety of perspectives: physiology, psychology, philosophy, and art.
Lesson Plan
University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Color of Stars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students observe colors in the flame of a burning candle to explore connections between matter, light, color, and temperature, the basic concepts of matter and energy.
Website
Other

Artyfactory: Color in Art Color Theory Ii, "Color as Symbol"

For Students 9th - 10th
Color theroy II, "Color as Symbol", from artyfactory ia an introduction to color theory in Art. This page provides an explanation of what each color is used to represent visually in art and what emotions each color represents.
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Colorful Sensory Poems

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
This lesson allows students to explore color - both in literal and figurative terms. Students will read books about color, discuss the emotion involved with color, and incorporate color metaphors to write poems using the graphic...
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Play With Color and Light

For Students 3rd - 5th
See what happens when you mix different colors of lights.
Activity
Optical Society

Optical Society of America: Optics for Kids: Spinning Your (Color) Wheels

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructions on how to make a color wheel that spins to produce white. With links to scientific, academic articles that explain what is happening.
Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Word Game for Kids: The Colored Wheels Game

For Students 1st - 4th
What kind of interesting things could happen to a vehicle that's an unusual color? In this student-created lesson, young writers click the color and the wheel button until they find a colored vehicle they want to write about. Then they...
Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Word Game for Kids: The Colored Animal Game for Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
How did this zebra turn green? Do the other zebras like him still? Young writers click on the animal button and the color button until they find a combination they want to write about. Then they write a story about the animal including...
Unit Plan
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Combustion and the Color of Smoke

For Students 9th - 10th
The colour of smoke depends on how well something burns. Things that burn well give off white smoke. Things that do not burn well, such as rubber, give off black smoke. Also learn here about blue and black smoke.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Colored Water Convection

For Students 3rd - 8th
This PBS site allows users to learn more about water convection as they discover how to demonstrate the way convection currents form. A fun science project!
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: 1st Grade Act. 02: How Do You Feel Today?

For Teachers 1st
This lesson engages students in self-assessing their feelings. Students will make a graph about their feelings and then listen to Dr. Seuss' book, My Many Colored Days. Students will reflect on the book, make a similar graph, and then...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tea Mology: Activity Deck

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Six TEAMology social-emotional activities from their SEL curriculum, plus a coloring and activity book to use with students in grades PreK-5th grade.
Handout
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Einstein's Legacy: Laptop Screens

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of seven pages that describe how screen displays on laptop computers work using polarized light in a liquid crystal display. Interactive Java applets.
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...
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Art Smart

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners will learn about the symbolic meanings associated with various colors. Then students will design a piece of art with colors that are reflective of their personal emotions.
Article
wikiHow

Wiki How: How to Mix Colors Properly

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick review of the color wheel and some tips on how to mix colors with paint.
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Other

Elmer the Safety Elephant: Fire Safety

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Elmer the Safety Elephant wants every child to know how to prevent fires and how to keep themselves safe if they encounter one. Elmer goes through important safety tips with kid-friendly explanations. Coloring pages and activities are...
Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Piet Mondrian: An Abstract Painter

For Students 3rd - 8th
A site created by Enchanted Learning about the Dutch abstract painter, Piet Mondrian. Contains a brief biography, an art activity, a coloring page, and links to other great sites with more information.
Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Minnesota

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site has a colorful display of information about Minnesota. It contains a map, pictures, a list of state symbols, and links to related information.
Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Wyoming

For Students 3rd - 5th
A colorful display of information about Wyoming. Contains a map, pictures, a state symbols list, and links to related information.

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