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This activity encourages students to be creative with the paints.
The activity can also take an inquiry-based learning approach, which will help grow students' curiosity and critical thinking skills.
Prerequisites
Students should be proficient in color name recognition.
Differentiation & Implementation
Before creating the paints, teachers can take students on a nature walk outside to make note of all the colors they see in nature.
Students can make connections to literature by writing poetry or short stories to go with their paintings.
Teachers can connect this project to food waste, suggesting this as an activity for students to do with food scraps or produce that has become overripe.
Teachers can also extend this activity by making seed paper using this video tutorial and painting on it.
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