Lesson One – Sea Colours

This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to explore how to identify and record some of the special shades of colours that can be seen in different objects that are linked to the sea.

The class can practise using pastels to record and produce swatches of colour shades matching a type of animal that lives in a marine habitat such as a fish or crab.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to identify and record some of the special shades of colours that can be seen in different objects that are linked to the sea

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the shades of colours visible in different sea creatures and a template to select and record colour shades that can be seen on different objects that are linked to a marine habitat.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore and record some of the shades of colours that can be seen in objects linked to the sea.

This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to combine and shape a selection of different natural and art materials to produce artwork reflecting ideas and themes about the sea. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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