Students Explore the Science and Psychology of Color in CREATE

This year in the CREATE program, students are exploring the theme of color and light through a variety of lenses: science, art, psychology, and humanities. "Exploring color and light allows for many entry points," says Sandee Bisson, media resource specialist. “We can look at this theme through the eyes of an artist, a scientist, a writer, a psychologist, product designer, marketer, and many others.”
 
The CREATE curriculum takes a multidisciplinary approach to examining concepts linked to a yearlong theme. The current lessons focus on how color can impact mood and why designers choose particular colors for certain products or places. “I really want the students to be observing their world and noticing the role that color plays,” says Ms. Bisson. “Most recently, we were studying warm and cool colors and talking about how those color families can impact our impressions of a place or object. Grades one through four enjoyed the story Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds, which led us to examine our preconceived notions of color. Then we looked at the color wheel, talked about warm/cool colors, drew pictures that were half warm colors, half cool colors, and talked about how the colors we chose changed our picture. Our fifth graders continue to read from The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine, as we begin to look at the role of color and race in society. Then we took a deeper look at cool and warm tones and drew objects that were half warm and half cool colors.” MORE PHOTOS
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