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What Color is It?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners indentify whether an objects reflects or absorbs red, green, and/or blue light. They create a simple spectral signature.
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Sunset Pictures

For Teachers K - 6th
Sunsets and shadows are lovely subjects for creative projects. Kids take a good look at images of sunsets, then use paint and construction paper to create a silhouetted sunset image. Tip: This project is a great way to illustrate a poem...
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Color Word Matching Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this color word matching learning exercise, students match the color word on the left with the picture that is the same color on the right. They match 5 color words which include: red, pink, blue, yellow, and brown.
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A Deeper Shade of Purple

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the color purple. For this visual arts lesson, 3rd graders sort purple objects in various ways and create the color purple by mixing paint. Students create a purple portrait of a character from the play, Lost and...
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The Wonderful World of Colors

For Teachers 1st
First graders imagine what life would look like in one color, then many. They play a game with colored cards where students call out the names of colors. They match colored cards with objects of same color. They read "The Color Box."
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Colors Matching Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - K
In this early childhood recognizing colors worksheet, students draw a line from 4 crayons to the 4 objects on the other side of the page that are the same color.
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Let's Color

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this reading colors worksheet, students read the description for the number and color of each item. Students then color the correct number of objects for each set.
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Diversity of Colors

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate color diversity by experimenting with jelly beans.  In this color spectrum lesson, students observe colored jelly beans through different filters and light sources to change the existing look of the bean....
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PrestoBingo Colors

For Students Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Open children's eyes to the wonderful world of colors with a fun interactive game. From red, blue, and green to garnet, sapphire, and chartreuse, this resource engages young students in learning about all sorts...
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The Science of Color and Light

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners listen to a story about colors and then conduct various experiments to determine how people see colors, identify which colors stand out best from a distance, show the results of mixed colored lighting and explain the phenomenon...
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I See Something Red

For Teachers K - 6th
For learners with low vision, the ability to identify colors is an important skill that will help them identify people and places. Groups of brightly colored objects are placed around the room. The child is then given a colored paper and...
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K-5 Math Teaching Resources

Color Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Brighten up your primary grade classroom with this series of printable color words. Covering all of basics from red and blue to black and pink, this simple resource is perfect for use with young children who are just beginning to...
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Spicy, Hot Colors

For Teachers K - 1st
Students demonstrate an understanding of colors. In this visual arts lesson plan, students read the text Hot, Spicy Colors and name their favorite colors. Students complete a bar graph to show the data. Students discuss how each color...
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Yellow

For Students Pre-K
In this color activity, students focus on the color yellow. Students color 3 pictures of objects that are this particular color.
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Transportation Color and Sort

For Students K - 1st
In this transportation worksheet, students recognize the various modes of transportation. Students then color, cut, and sort the images.
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Yellow Cut And Paste

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this color word worksheet, students learn the sight word "yellow." Students read 8 sentences and cut and paste the object which corresponds to the sentence. Example: " Bananas can be yellow."
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Colors, Colors Everywhere

For Teachers K
Students mix red, yellow, and blue frosting together to produce secondary colors. Pupils are shown that all colors are made from mixing primary colors of paint together. They discuss the color wheel and spread the "paint" icing on...
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How Many?

For Teachers K
Establish 1:1 correspondence by counting students, first one gender, then the other. Give each child a colored cube (one color for boys, another for girls) and have small groups determine more or less and how many all together. As a...
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Colors

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A tricky activity on color words is sure to challenge your kindergarten readers. They match color words to pictures that correspond to each color - yellow for banana, for example. Next, kids color a paint set to match four color words....
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Bling Bling Metallic Mosaics

For Teachers K - 6th
Using different types of paper and paint, young artists will create a beautiful mosaic. This is a great variation from the traditional tile and grout mosaics. Use this beautiful art project to discuss different art mediums,...
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Whole Number Sense

For Teachers K
Students find the shapes that are asked of them out of a bunch of shapes. In this shapes lesson plan, students find a specific number of a specific shape with a specific size and color.
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Colors of Africa

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students view and discuss the colors of Africa by seeing African items, the flag, and coloring pictures. Students work with the colors black, red, yellow, and green.
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Technicolors

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students use a variety of computer games and programs to reinforce colors. In this colors lesson plan, students create scenes, view degrees of colors, see colors dance to music, and more.
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Light and Optics

For Students 11th
In this light and optics worksheet, 11th graders fill in 7 blanks about the nature of light, draw 9 diagrams to illustrate reflection, refraction, lenses and color.