Students learn about the Impressionist painters' use of color and how it connected to early nineteenth century scientific theories about color. For this colors lesson plan, students explore combinations of primary and secondary colors,...

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 identify basic colors by their proper names. They explain the process of creating the color wheel and explore the origins and catagories of complex colors.

Learners examine what colors are in white and other colors of light.  In this light prism instructional activity students complete a lab activity that helps them understand complimentary colors. 

Where does bad light end up? In a prism! The presentation covers light, mirrors, lenses, and the structure of the eye. It also provides explanations of reflection, refraction, concave and convex mirrors and lenses, and a comparison of...

Our body manufactures antibodies that are the exact shape for the antigens it encounters. The simulation shows a 3-D model of an antibody and antigen pairing. It allows young scientists to explore the complementary shapes.

Students visit a web page that gives a brief introduction to two color models and experiment with mixing different color intensities to create different colors. They visit links that give more detailed information on color.

Watson and Crick built the first model of DNA in the 1950s, and our understanding of DNA since then continues to grow exponentially. Scholars learn about protein synthesis by observing a presentation and completing a worksheet. Both walk...

An interesting set of details about the light spectrum, these slides explain how objects reflect and absorb light to affect how they appear to the human eye. The differences in mixing lights or pigments is explained and some everyday...

Would you believe that your digestive system stretches to five times your height?! Help your pupils to understand this relationship as they work through the laboratory exercise. The first instructional activity of a 12-part series is a...

Second graders see that pressure of crayon create range of values. They show value range with crayons in an art work. They see how value is used in works of art and explain the importance of animals and their environment.

In this animal behavior worksheet, students solve four different kinds of puzzles based on animal behavior vocabulary. There are 8 word scrambles, 6 analogies, 5 crazy eights and 5 short answer questions.

Third graders create a pumpkin lantern. They work in groups to illustrate the growth of a pumpkin seed. Students are asked what they think of when they see the color orange. They choice one person from the group to get a piece of...

The concept of colors is discussed on this page. Read about primary colors, how complementary colors are created, what the process of color subtraction is, pigments and dyes, plus more. Also included are interactive Java tutorials.

Manipulate the primary color circles of light to see how overlapping the circles affect the colors. An explanation is included.

A thorough, multipage discussion of color and color television sets that explains how an image is formed on the television using red, green, and blue light. Understandable discussion, excellent graphics, and many interactive Java applets.