TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Is Light a Particle or a Wave?
In this third part of his series on light and color, Colm Kelleher discusses wave-particle duality and its relationship to how we see light and, therefore, color. [4:23]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Electromagnetic Spectrum
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn what an electromagnetic wave is, gain a feel for the main parts of the spectrum, and work on problems involving basic properties of electromagnetic...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Rose Colored Glasses
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the world through different colored glasses; understand, as a result, the nature of color and light using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also available. [2:45]
Arizona State University
Arts Work: Communicating Feelings Through Shape & Color
A lesson plan to help learners 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.
Arizona State University
Arts Work: Communicating Feelings Through Shape & Color
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.
Language Guide
Language Guide: Japanese Vocabulary
Learn basic Japanese vocabulary words -- greetings, clothing, household items, foods, toys, and more -- on this multilingual site. Roll over a image or phrase to hear how it is pronounced and see how it is written (Romanized spelling...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Color Addition
This tutorial on the addition of color to light discusses the primary, complimentary, and secondary colors of light.
Other
My studios.com: Lavinia Fontana (1552 1614)
A general, easy to read, biography with links to two art images.
Eduweb
Eduweb: A. Pintura: Art Detective
Interactive game in which the player learns about various artists and art styles while helping to solve a mystery! Resources and clues provided as the mystery game unfolds.
Other
Web Reference: Rough It Up: Production Graphics
An article about using abstract shapes and positions of images to create interesting effects. Includes a tutorial.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Fruit Loop Fun
Using Fruit Loops, students sort by color, count, and enjoy a yummy snack!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Color Contrast
Understand how changing the contrast of a scene affects how it appears.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ray Tracing
This 7-question interactive quiz, students practice ray tracing by finding a ray that hits a specific target.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cie Chromaticity (Practice)
This is a 6-problem quiz/practice locating the pure color in a diagram of the CIE color space.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Hsl Color Space (Practice)
In this 10 quiz/practice activity, students use a slice through the HSL cylinder to problems.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Color Cube (Practice)
This 6-question quiz/practice focuses on the RBG color cube. We can represent all visible colors on a cube, where red increases along the x axis, green along the y axis and blue along the z.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Seeing Color Through Homer's Eyes
Seeing color through Homer's eyes. Read the passage and answer the five-question quiz.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sorting by Color
Counting bears that are the same size and shape help students focus on just one attribute.
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Color of Stars
Young scholars observe colors in the flame of a burning candle to explore connections between matter, light, color, and temperature, the basic concepts of matter and energy.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Rainbow Candy
Make your own rainbow candy in this fun STEM activity. You will do it without using any food coloring. Instead, you will use a light-bending phenomenon called diffraction.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Delve Deeper Into Art With This Activity
In this activity, you will think about how different art materials can create different impressions by comparing and contrasting two works of art by J.M.W. Turner.