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ABCya

Ab Cya: Shapes & Colors Bingo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This game enables children to practice recognizing shapes and colors in a fun way. All of the shapes listed in the Common Core standards for Kindergarten are included in the game. There are three modes of play: shapes only, colors only...
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Other

Up to Ten: Freestyle Drawing With Shapes and Colors

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Choose a shape, then a color, and draw anything you want.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity 1: Seeing Light and Color

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity focuses on using a box and a ball to experiment with light, shadows, and color. The goals are: Practice looking at light and shadow; Analyze how lighting influences the shape (soft/hard), color (hue) and value...
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Same Different Shape Color Matching

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students will identify similarities and differences using colors and shapes in this whiteboard lesson provided by SMART.
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Arizona State University

Arts Work: Communicating Feelings Through Shape & Color

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson plan to help students understand the use of symbols and images to express their feelings through their artwork. A great lesson plan to boost students' self esteem. Has a link to a site with examples of Kandinsky's work.
Lesson Plan
Arizona State University

Arts Work: Communicating Feelings Through Shape & Color

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson plan to help students understand the use of symbols and images to express their feelings through their artwork. A great lesson plan to boost students' self esteem. Has a link to a site with examples of Kandinsky's work.
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Other

Dltk's: Coloring Pages for Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site provides printable color pages on a vast array of topics including the alphabet, holidays, shapes, countries, etc. It also offers puzzle pages such as color-by-number, connect the dots, and hidden pictures.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Shapes Freeplay

For Students 9th - 10th
Play with a variety of shapes: color them, arrange them in patterns, copy them, and learn their names.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Sorting Shapes by Color

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use this flipchart to review sorting of shapes by color.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Sort by Color

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use this flipchart to review sorting of shapes by color.
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Other

Arts Connect Ed Playground Make It

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Eight fun on-line art activities where young artists get to create, color, and design.
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Other

Coloring 3 D Sides

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students use the colored portion of the 2-D drawings to color the correct face of the 3-D model. This applet consists of 20 problems. [Requires Java.]
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Other

Coloring 2 D Sides

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learners use the colored portion of the 3-D object to color the correct side of the 2-D drawing. This applet consists of 20 problems. [Requires Java.]
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PBS

Pbs the Shape of Life: Phylum Chordata

For Students 9th - 10th
From a PBS television series, this site offers a summary of the features which characterize the phylum chordata and includes multiple color photos.
Graphic
Space Telescope Science Institute

Hubble Site: Behind the Pictures

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from HubbleSite, you can take a peek behind the scenes and discover the meaning of color in Hubble Images.
Lesson Plan
Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Abstract Art: Line, Shape, and Color

For Teachers K - 1st
KinderArt provides an art project idea with the objective of creating an abstract artwork.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Circles and Color

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Identifying shapes and colors of various objects using the Activote student response system.
Website
PBS

Pbs: Hans Hofmann: Artist: Teacher, Teacher: Artist

For Students 9th - 10th
This companion website for a PBS documentary about Hans Hofmann includes all the essential information about Hofmann, whose reputation as a teacher almost eclipses his reputation as an artist. Wonderful site for exploring how artists...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Geometric Solids

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The instructional tool explores various geometric solids and their properties. Student can manipulate and color the different shapes. Learners examine the edges, faces, and vertices of the different solid figures.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Isometric Drawing Tool

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes an interactive math tool to create drawings on isometric dot paper. You can draw figures using edges, faces, or cubes. Rotate and color your drawings, and view them in 3D or 2D.
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Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Tops

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this lesson make a spinning top to explore the concepts of shape, color, spinning, and optical illusions.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a lesson on patterns which include color patterns, shape patterns, and size patterns.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: What Shape and Color?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Fill in the chart and see which shapes and which colors belong in which rows and columns. The solution is readily available at this one page website.
Graphic
Curated OER

Number Nut: Shapes, Symbols, and Colors: Colors: Prism

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Image of a color prism.

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