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Lesson Plan
Art Institute of Chicago

Color Combinations

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Explore color through an examination of pointillism and light. Class members view Georges Seraut's famous painting on a computer, zooming in and out to see the details and effects of the technique. They then cover how light and color are...
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Lesson Plan
Oglebay Institute

Post-Impressionism: Pointillism

For Teachers 2nd - 10th
How can little dots in two colors make a third color? Experiment with pointillism and color mixing with a series of activities. After viewing paintings by Seurat and watching a teacher demonstration, pupils create samples of three...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Purple Cow

For Teachers K - 2nd
  Young scholars read and discuss the poem, The Purple Cow.  In this poetry lesson, students discuss the rhyming words in the poem and why this piece of literature is silly or unusual.     
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is It? Susie Sees!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the five senses.  In this cross curriculum five senses lesson plan, students view an "I Can See Colors" PowerPoint presentation and sort items by color and shape. Students mix primary color paints to create...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Weaving a Watercolor

For Teachers K - 6th
Students examine the color wheel and work with watercolors. In this color instructional activity, students go over primary, secondary, and intermediate colors before watching a demonstration of watercolor brush techniques. They choose a...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mixing It Up: The Color Wheel

For Students 2nd - 4th
Colors are the focus of this color wheel worksheet. Students experiment with colors by viewing a color wheel, then filling in the primary colors which are missing on another wheel. Students also decide which colors are made when two...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Colorful Colorado

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate the components of white light as viewed through a prism. The multiple colors of the spectrum produced are related to wavelengths and experienced through the creation of a color wheel.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mixing Primary and Secondary Colors

For Teachers K - 6th
Pupils 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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Primary and Secondary Colors

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore primary and secondary colors. In this art lesson plan, students use jars of colored water to create the secondary colors.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Impressionism Camouflage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore various impressionist works and examine their use of color. A scale of color from dark to light is created using tints and shades of all primary and secondary colors. Impressionists techniques are utilized.
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Dreaming with Marc Chagall

For Teachers 7th
Students scrutinize the early twentieth-century artists who dealt with expressionism and abstraction, especially Marc Chagall. This four lesson unit examines the life and work of Chagall and supports the student creation of works similar...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Connection Between Pigment and Light Colors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn the procedure for mixing secondary colors from primary pigments and observe the results of mixing two primary colors.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Design Motifs and Eggs

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create an Easter egg that displays at least one secondary color, one primary color, and one motif of design.
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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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Activity
Other

Mixing Mouse Tracks

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This art idea is based off the children's book "Mouse Paint" by Ellen Stoll Walsh. A fun way to introduce young learners to the primary and secondary colors through simple mixing exercises.