Hi! It’s Saturday, January 16, 2010 and time for Art at ClickSchooling!
Recommended Website:
ColorMatters.com: For Kids
http://colormatters.com/kids/index.html
Age Range: All (The kids section of this site is geared to ages 6-12.)
At this website, real-life Color Professor J.L. Morton, provides kids with free and fascinating information about color and how it affects humans and other creatures. The topics are quite unusual and include:
- How Animals See Color – Explanations and actual photographs that demonstrate the colors you see and what your dog sees.
- Why Are School Buses Yellow? – Enjoy a brief discussion of “true yellow” and some facts about the color yellow you might not have known.
- Look Inside the Eye – Find out how cones and rods in the eye’s retina determine the colors that humans, insects, birds and animals see.
- Color Matters for What You Wear – What do you know about the colors pink and blue? Find out what colors mean in different cultures.
When you are through exploring the kids’ section of the site use the menu to explore color in depth. Professor Morton provides the sum total of her color research and courses on this site. You’ll find out how color affects:
- Symbolism & Emotions
- The Body
- Vision
- Design & Art
- Business & Marketing
- Computers
- Ecology
- Science
- ~ and more!
Enjoy!
