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Complementary Color Portraits

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create complimentary color portraits using crayons in this elementary school Art instructional activity about the use of complimentary colors. The instructional activity includes an example of complimentary art, recommended...
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Color Splash

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate density. For this density lesson, students conduct an experiment using food coloring. Students observe the differences in mixing food coloring in water and oil.
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Color My World

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify colors created by mixing primary colors and describe the process. They then design a book using the colors of a given season entitled "Colors of the Season".
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Exploring Color: Paper Chromatography

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experiment with colors.  In this art lesson, students investigate the combinations that can be made with primary colors using chromatography paper and markers.  Students complete a color mixing worksheet in groups.
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Color Questions

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this colors worksheet, students read through a chart that explains which primary colors can be mixed together to form secondary colors. They then answer 3 questions about mixing colors. Finally, students answer 4 additional questions...
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Color Mixing/ Fantastic Shapes in Paining

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars paint shapes in pictures using all of the colors in the color wheel. For this colors lesson plan, students learn about primary and secondary colors, and create non representational art with the colors.
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Mixing Complimentary Colors, Tints, and Shades

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore primary, secondary, and complimentary colors. They mix tempera paints to create secondary colors, tints, and shades, and design and paint a color grid demonstrating color theory.
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Color Twist Game

For Teachers K - 4th
Create your own version of Twister with this step-by-step lesson plan. Materials include canvas, acrylics, poster board, compass, and foam paint brushes. This is a fun art project that will also provide lots of activity and laughs!
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Counting

For Students Pre-K - K
In this counting instructional activity, students solve 10 problems in which a number at the left of the row is analyzed. Students then count and color the correct number of circles to match that number. All numbers are from 1 to 10,...
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Pointillism Technique Using Ink Dabbers

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A gumball machine art project is a great way to learn about optical mixing in a study of pointillism and Georges Seurat. Kids create their own masterpieces and learn about primary and secondary colors in the process.
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Investigating Transport Systems in a Flowering Plant

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Some weddings have flowers in a unique, unnatural color to match the theme. Young scientists take part in this process to learn about the function of the xylem as they observe colored water moving through a flower. Then, they experiment...
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2009/2010 Coloring Calendars

For Students 1st - 2nd
In a calendar coloring activity, kids color pictures on an August 2009 calendar and answer two questions given on the calendar. The worksheet is part of a site with additional links, there are 12 calendars total.
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A Deeper Shade of Purple

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the color purple. In this visual arts lesson, 3rd graders sort purple objects in various ways and create the color purple by mixing paint. Students create a purple portrait of a character from the play, Lost and Found.
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Mixing Primary and Secondary Colors

For Teachers K - 6th
Students use Play Doh to make a color wheel. In this color wheel lesson plan, students use primary and secondary colors of Play Doh to make a color wheel.
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Gel-O-Colors!!

For Teachers K - 2nd
What distinguishes the differences between refraction and reflection? Learners identify the properties of light as they mix colored light to create new color variations. As they work they gather data about the properties of light and...
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Mix It Up : Colors

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders make predictions of the resulting colors when colors are mixed.  In this colors lesson, 5th graders discuss vocabulary related to mixing colors.  Students are asked to paint a picture of five colors from two colors of...
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Mixing Colors

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students understand why we see various colors. In this mixing colors lesson, students experiment with different food coloring to explore how colors are made. Students record on a data sheet the colors they see.
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Fractions, Decimals, Mixed Numbers, and Percents

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students convert fractions, decimals, mixed numbers and percents. For this fraction lesson, students use models to understand the conversion process. They then work in groups to find the fraction, percent, and decimal expressions for...
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Mixing Up Magic

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore the relationship between art and science through experimenting with color, design and recycled materials and creating their own art work.
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Tissue Paper Butterfly

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Creating butterfly art is as simple as 1-2-3. Kids cut coffee filters into butterfly shapes. Next, they wet and place squares of tissue paper onto the filters. Fifteen minutes later, they lift the tissue to reveal a colorful pattern...
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Color Mixing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students distinguish and recognize the three primary colors used in color printing. In this color mixing lesson, students predict what color will be produced when pigments or color beams are mixed. Students will demonstrate an...
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Mixing Colors With Beams

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Student learn about color changes through the use of light beams. In this color mixing lesson, students discover the difference between mixing colors with light and mixing colors with paint. Students gain understanding of how the eye works.
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Color Mixing Trophy Fish

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students compare colors. In this color lesson, students determine which colors are primary and which are secondary. Students investigate rainbows and create a piece of art organizing colors as they appear in a rainbow.
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Three Colors of Light

For Teachers K - 6th
It only takes three colors. Using three-colored glow sticks, pupils observe what happens when colors of light mix together. Learners use the material from a red, green, and blue glow stick to mix together. By mixing small amount of the...

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