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Unit Plan
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Temperature and Absolute Zero

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Graphic
Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement

Web Exhibits: Contrast of Color

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibit of color contrast focuses on simultaneous contrast, the contrast of two colors, side-by-side, interacting with one another to change our perception. Pictures and examples are provided.
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Website
Language Guide

Language Guide: Los Colores

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Fourteen basic colors are included in this pronunciation guide. Great practice for beginners learning colors.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Color My World Grey and Blue

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After listening to the song "Grey Street" by the Dave Matthews Band, and the song "Blu is a Mood" by Blu Cantrell, young scholars will explore the lyrics and discover what role color can play when combined with a particular setting....
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Website
Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Education: Science, Art, and Technology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Six different on-line lectures, with accompanying lessons and project ideas, that discuss the link between art and science.
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Unit Plan
My Science Site

Electromagnetic Spectrum: Colour and Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on the different wavelengths that make up the electromagnetic spectrum. Also contains information on waves and color.
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Lesson Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Light Waves and Color Table of Contents

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners explore color, vision, and two-point source interference. The tutorial consists of lessons and problems to check for understanding.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Kids: Coloring Pages and Activities

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Younger students can learn how to color within the lines using these printouts inspired by their favorite PBS shows. There are also games, too, such as connect-the-dots.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Color Roundup

For Students 3rd - 8th
A PBS site explores color and the effects of seeing lots of colors at the same time. Try it yourself with their home experiment.
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Lesson Plan
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit Encyclopedia: Color

For Students 3rd - 8th
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is from the artist's encyclopedia entry for color and includes information on the color wheel, value, mood, natural...
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Lesson Plan
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit: Primary and Secondary

For Students 3rd - 8th
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is on the color wheel and it studies both primary and secondary colors using Grace Hartigan's "Billboard." The...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Mary's Room: A Philosophical Thought Experiment

For Students 9th - 10th
Imagine a neuroscientist who has only ever seen black and white things, but she is an expert in color vision and knows everything about its physics and biology. If, one day, she sees color, does she learn anything new? Is there anything...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Different Ways of Knowing

For Students 9th - 10th
Daniel Tammet has linguistic, numerical and visual synesthesia- meaning that his perception of words, numbers and colors are woven together into a new way of perceiving and understanding the world. The author of "Born on a Blue Day,"...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Is Color?

For Students 9th - 10th
Colm Kelleher describes the physics behind colors- why the colors we see are related to the period of motion and the frequency of waves. [3:09]
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Other

The Alphabet of Art: The Attributes

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative site explaining the attributes of art as well as other art terms.
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Website
Other

The Art of Fresco: Color

For Students 9th - 10th
This fresco article shows how this art form uses color.
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Activity
Other

Georgia Tech: The Four Color Theorem

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation and proof of the Four Color Map Theorem. Includes illustrative images and a plethora of information.
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Activity
Other

Well styled.com: Webdesigner Tools: Color Scheme Generator

For Students 9th - 10th
A totally cool concept! Choose your base color, your scheme (monochromatic, etc.) and the computer will show you what other colors go with it! There are even settings for various levels of color-blindness. A really cool art tool!!
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Handout
Other

Watercolor painting.com: Color Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
A great introduction to color theory with colorful illustrations and examples.
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Article
Other

Fabric for Bachelors or How to Shop for Work Clothes

For Students 9th - 10th
Really fun series of articles about how to pick good quality clothing that will last through the years. Provides tips on selecting fibers, caring for clothes, and proper fit.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Benham's Disk

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson plan has a simple experiment students can do to help them understand how we see color.
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Website
The Tech Interactive

Tech Museum of Innovation: Saturation

For Students 3rd - 8th
After defining saturation, this site provides an example and then begins an activity called "Experimenting with Saturation," involving degrees of saturation and saturation with images.
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Website
The Tech Interactive

Tech Museum of Innovation: Color

For Students 3rd - 8th
This section of the Tech Museum of Innovation on color is divided into sections including hue, saturation, brightness, and go wild. Each section includes information as well as learning activities.
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Website
The Tech Interactive

Tech Museum of Innovation: Brightness/saturation/hue

For Students 9th - 10th
This site combines the elements of brightness, hue, and saturation to see differences in color in the things around us. Each element is dealt with individually and is incorporated into an activity involving all three.