Investigate color, light and excited electrons and produce waves using slinkys. Your high schoolers will observe a continuous spectrum with a prism and an overhead projector. They observe flame tests to identify elements and they observe...

Five steps walk scholars through the process of drawing a Monarch butterfly. Participants research the insect, make observations, trace, then color. 

Let's learn about squares. Youngsters complete this coloring worksheet with multiple objectives including printing practice, spelling, shapes, and colors. First, they trace the word green. Pupils color all the squares in a string of...

In this number and color worksheet, students draw 12 apples on a tree, then color them red. The worksheet is a simple color/number recognition activity.

Turn your young artists into little Vincent van Goghs with a lesson on brush stroke style and color blending. Pupils practice the painting technique by sketching various shapes before recreating a van Gogh piece or creating an original...

In this color and letter recognition and printing worksheet, pupils match pictures of mittens on the left to the kitten of the same color on the right. They match colors such as gray, tan and brown. They follow dotted lines to print a...

In this draw and color what is missing worksheet, students look at 4 simple pictures then draw and color the part that is missing.

Sixth graders conduct a simple experiment to explore the ways that color can affect heat transfer. They review the three ways that heat can transfer: conduction, convection and radiation.

This app provides young learners with opportunities to be creative while they work with different colors, letters, numbers, and shapes. 

Introduce youngsters to the important role shape and form play in art with this extensive collection of activities and projects. From teaching first graders how to create mandalas to engaging third and fourth graders in the design...

Learners discuss the elements of art and design found in a series of flower paintings by Vincent Van Gogh. They explore art, shading, and color as they create mirrored representations of the master's art, using oil pastel. 

Young artists divide a piece of graph paper into sections using rectangles, squares, and triangles. They then fill each section with patterns of shape and color. Elementary graders describe how their patterns are organized. Secondary...

Students examine the painting, "Sunflowers," by Vincent van Gogh noting the use of the yellow color, the wiggly lines, and the "globs" of paint used to create the picture. Pictures are painted using van Gogh's image as a model.

When your life science class is learning about the eye and how it works, you can add this activity as a demonstration of how the retina holds an afterimage. After staring at a red, green, or blue bird shape, pupils glance at a cage and...

Eighth graders create self-portrait showing value and emotion, and gather information about color and emotion through different handheld applications.

Fifth graders photograph examples of the five elements of art: line, shape, color, pattern, and composition.

This creative project may make your young programmers hungry as they practice their Java Script coding. The task is fairly open ended: add shapes using different shape functions, including the fill and stroke functions to add color and...

If you could build your own treehouse, what would it look like? Using a piece of contemporary art as inspiration, learners draw their own treehouses and add geometric and organic shapes. The lesson plan touches on Visual Thinking...

How can a hand puppet's shadow look like a dog? The lesson explains the science behind shadows, combining paint colors and the colors used in old televisions. Scholars use white, red, blue, and green lights to experiment with colors...

Students create pencil drawings of assigned items and then, study painting by Vincent Van Gogh. They discuss how different colors make them feel and are then assigned a mood to express by adding color to their line drawing.

Spread holiday cheer with a coloring page that features the Peanuts Gang singing Hark! The Herald Angels Sing around a decorated Christmas tree—a scene from the movie, A Charlie Brown Christmas. 

Spark joy and holiday cheer with a coloring page featuring characters from the movie, A Charlie Brown Christmas Charlie, dancing around a Christmas tree.

Pay homage to the classic movie, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and encourage holiday cheer with a coloring page featuring Charlie standing near the iconic drooping Christmas tree and Snoopy on top of his decorated doghouse. 

Can art be a mode of communication? You bet it can! Learners explore how colors are used to convey mood in art. First, the class listens to three very unique musical selections that convey three different moods. Then, they compare...