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Interactive
Fun Brain

Fun Brain: Fun Match Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Students use memory skills to match different kinds of themed cards, such as dinosaurs, bugs, musical instruments, colors, and animals. Players can choose different levels of difficulty--easy, medium, hard, or extra hard.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Color Blindness

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Encyclopedia Wikipedia provides information on the condition of color blindness, including different types of color deficiencies, a discussion on the causes of color blindnes, images, and more.
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Activity
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: Purple Is Fashionable Twice

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Purple--Is Fashionable Twice--", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Gary Bodwin and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Matching Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Observe different shapes and colors of leaves, and match the leaves in this online interactive game. Discern the differences between members of the same family of objects.
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Lesson Plan
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit: Complementary Colors

For Students 3rd - 8th
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is complementary colors and the artwork studied is Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's "Seated Woman." The animation demonstrates...
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Lesson Plan
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit: Warm and Cool Colors

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 warm and cool colors and works are studied from both Van Gogh and Joan Mitchell. The animation shows the...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Odd Squad: Games: Creature Duty

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn color differences and shapes as you feed the creatures in this game.
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Activity
abcteach

Abcteach: Colors Theme Unit

For Teachers Pre-K - K
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site is home to a collection of coloring pages targeted to kindergarten-aged children to assist them in learning their colors. Find a pumpkin, squirrel, grapes, bird, frog, snowflake, apple, sun,...
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Activity
Other

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

For Students 4th - 9th
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
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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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Unit Plan
British Council

British Council: Paint It! (Learn Basic English Words)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn the words for colors, for parts of the face, for shapes, for sea creatures, for types of clothing, for household objects, and for types of moving vehicles. Excellent reinforcement using audio and picture cues.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Color Personification Poems

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
For this lesson, Hailstones and Halibut Bones, a book written by Mary O'Neill and Red Sings, and From Treetops: a Year in Colors, a book by Joyce Sidman, are used as mentor texts. Young scholars will brainstorm to collect different...
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Lesson Plan
White House Historical Association

White House Historical Association: Colors and Shapes of the White House

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learning resource for K-3 about some of the different rooms in the White House as well as how they are decorated and how they are used.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Light Waves: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce light waves and describe how a particle can travel as a photon or a wave. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Light Waves."
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Tes: Designing Nativity Costumes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a lesson on designing nativity costumes including details on using fabrics, colors, and decorations; it includes a downloadable PowerPoint and a Costume Designing Frame worksheet.
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Article
Other

Worqx: Color and Contrast

For Students 9th - 10th
In an continuing overview of color and color theory, this site focuses on color and contrast. Topics covered in the overview include simultaneous contrast, sensitivity to colorblind deficiencies, choosing complementary colors, and more.
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Graphic
Other

Worqx: Color Studies

For Students 9th - 10th
In an continuing overview of color and color theory, this site focuses on a variety of topics in color studies including colors of a complementary relationship, and colors of a triad relationship.
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Unit Plan
Can Teach

Can Teach: Songs and Poems

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site features an extensive list of poems and songs for every event during the school year. Explore the seasons, colors, holidays, and more.
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Activity
Other

Primera Escuela: First School

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A diverse variety of fun activities for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners. Among other subjects you'll find: alphabet, animals, holidays and events, coloring pages (for fairy tales, holidays, vocabulary, etc.) crafts and more....
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Other

Quiz Tree Esl for Spanish Speakers

For Students 9th - 10th
Fantastic quizzes for Spanish speakers. All quizzes feature colorful interface and humorous feedback noises that make learning more enjoyable. Some of the topics are basic phrases, colors, common expressions, describing people,...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Art Smart

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will learn about the symbolic meanings associated with various colors. Then students will design a piece of art with colors that are reflective of their personal emotions.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Hinges I, Hinges Ii

For Teachers K
For this lesson, literacy-based cards will spur participation as students use small motor skills, personal space, and boundary awareness. Color cards and number cards will also be used to cue the children to move in specific ways.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Tes: Ppt on Costume Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a PowerPoint presentation on Costume Design including its bases in text and vision, colors, and line and silhouette. A worksheet for students is also provided.
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Activity
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Portuguese Theme Page

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Nice collection of printable word book and vocabulary activity worksheets (colors, planets, items in the house, etc.). The word book is bilingual English / Portuguese. Other worksheets are designed to help students learn Portuguese but...