Color Wheel
Fine Arts Lesson Plan
By Martin Jimenez
Instructor: Dr. Cris Guenter
Grade Level: 2
Time: 60 minutes
Lesson Topic: Creating secondary colors by mixing primary colors.
Rationale: Mixing the primary colors in different proportions creates all colors. By experimenting with different color mixes, students will have a greater understanding and knowledge of how colors are created.
Goal/Objective: Students will be able to create the three secondary colors by mixing the three primary colors.
Strategy: Direct instruction, guided discovery, and inquiry.
Vocabulary:
Procedures:
Introduction: The teacher has the three primary colors in three different containers. He/she then asks what might happen if he/she was to mix two of the colors in equal parts. The teacher then talks to the students to get them thinking about what might happen if different colors and or amounts are used. A demonstration will be given by the teacher to demonstrate how to mix colors together.
Activity Sequence:
Red |
Yellow |
Blue |
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Blue |
Red |
Yellow |
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Closure: In their groups, the students will talk about how they created their colors and what colors they used. They will also talk about how they might create other colors.
Clean Up: For clean up, one group at a time will get to go to the sink to wash out their paint containers and paint brushes, and put them away. The teacher will go around to each table with paper towels to clean up any messes on the desks, floor, or chairs. All finished paintings will be placed in an area where they can be let to dry overnight.
Evaluation: In a class discussion, the students will present their work and talk about how they made their color wheel, listening for use of the new vocabulary. The teacher will visually inspect for proper mixing and color results, and make sure the students can explain the technique they used to derive their colors.
Materials: Paint (cyan, magenta, yellow), brushes, plastic paint containers, paper for painting (construction paper), paper towels, pencils, water, and aprons is available.
Extensions: The mixing chart can be made for any color mixing, and adapted for more than two colors to mix. It can even be done for different mixing ratios.