Students make decisions about their favorite color(s) and create personalized books about them using drawing skills and crayon resist art techniques. They write book titles and names of colors and objects, as well as their own names.

Students explore various colors. They research information on the primary and secondary colors. Students research the colors of the rainbow and they create a picture of a rainbow using Kid Pix.

Students investigate the color wheel theory and incorporate it into simple sketches on their handheld. The importance of the use of layering and the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary colors is presented in this lesson.

Students research the habitats, habits, shapes, colors, and sizes of bats. They recognize that silhouettes can be used in various forms of artwork. Students experiment with watercolors to see how easily these colors can be blended on wet...

Students engage in a lesson that is about the study of seasons and the colors related to them. They use paints in order to create a window scene. Students engage in class discussion about the seasons of the year and make comparisons.

Students investigate the natural characteristics of animals by completing a coloring activity.  In this animal properties lesson, students investigate the reasons different animals have specific colors, and how it is essential for...

Seventh graders describe and conduct an experiment that identifies the physical properties of light. They explore sources of visible light and an electromagnetic spectrum. Students explain the conversion of one form of energy to another.

Students explore geometry by completing a color puzzle. In this shape identification activity, students utilize deductive reasoning to complete a Google SketchUp puzzle with trapezoid, triangles and rectangular shapes. Students...

High schoolers investigate the mixing of light. They form a hypotheses to reason why color changes occur and they write conclusions and ask new questions arising from the investigation. Students identify the primary and complementary...

Students research visual arts by reading a children's book. In this colors instructional activity, students identify the primary colors and utilize food coloring, plastic cups and eye droppers to create art using the color...

Students study colors. They listen to poems, identify their favorite colors, and describe objects that are pink, red, and orange. They collect pictures from magazines of objects that are their favorite color and create a class dictionary.

Middle schoolers explore light and color, including how colors are mixed to produce new colors, how light is filtered, and how light is reflected off of surfaces. They read materials provided, complete worksheets, and complete hands-on...

Introduce your upper-elementary young scholars to printmaking. Class members view prints, select and research symbols in a piece, and create their own sets of prints using styrofoam trays. Pupils can wash off the paint on their trays to...

Students review the principle elements of design along with the sequence of colors on the color wheel. In groups, they assign a feeling or mood to each color and share it with the class. To end the lesson, they use the internet to...

Who says getting to know your neighbors has to be difficult? The first resource in a three-part series creates an engaging project that teaches your scholars about Canadian culture. A question-and-answer format takes place via e-mail and...

"The Masque of the Red Death" provides readers with an opportunity to research and plan a presentation about a topic related to Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story. 

High schoolers examine how artists use color to create a sense of depth in a two-dimensional space. They view and analyze prints, complete worksheets, and write a paragraph on how color is used to draw the viewer's eye to a central figure.

Learners study the contributions of African Americans and place these figures on a timeline. They examine the Civil Rights Acts and how it came to be using a Disney Cable in the Classroom lesson.

Students recognize the importance of plants as they perform an experiment involving photosynthesis. Students determine the optimum wavelength of light for photosynthesis by exposing plants to different colors of light, collecting data,...

Utilizing computer software, learners demonstrate the color spectrum. They investigate the life of the artist Piet Mondrian and define his style of artwork. Then they use Photoshop to recreate some of his designs while discovering the...

Discover Impressionist painting as students investigate the 19th century combinations of colors characteristically used. Students experiment with their own paintings, utilizing primary and secondary colors.

Here is a great way to have your students make audio postcards to share by recording a message on the computer. They write and revise an appropriate message about an object from home, choose a background, and font colors for the...

Young scholars listen to the song, De Colores, and list the colors heard in the song. They create murals, describe the murals in Spanish, and describe how colors change their endings according to the nouns they modify.

Students analyze colors and the reasons they are used in preschool room setups. They examine preschool setups, safety procedures, and the immunizations required for preschool.