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O'Connell, Ken – School Arts, 1985
How college art students made drawings using color is described. The activity helped the students analyze how they drew lines, shadows, and highlights. (RM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Color, Course Descriptions
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Bricker, Clark E.; Sloop, Gregory T. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1985
Describes an experiment (carried out in less than two hours) in which the merits of countercurrent extraction are immediately evident by visible colors. The experiment requires eight 125-ml separatory funnels, 250ml of 1-butanol, 250ml of 0.1-0.5 molar hydrochloric acid, and a small amount of Sheaffer's Skrip blue-black soluble ink. (JN)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Chromatography, College Science, Color
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Bohren, Craig F.; Fraser, Alistair B. – Physics Teacher, 1985
Explains the physical principles which result in various colors of the sky. Topics addressed include: blueness, mystical properties of water vapor, ozone, fluctuation theory of scattering, variation of purity and brightness, and red sunsets and sunrises. (DH)
Descriptors: Astronomy, College Science, Color, Higher Education
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Goldhaber, Jeanne – Young Children, 1992
Play dough is the perfect medium for creating, observing, and thinking about change. Whether the use of play dough is seen as play or a demonstration of physics, through its use children learn about transformations of consistency, color, and identity; and teachers observe how young children learn. (LB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Color, Conservation (Concept), Early Childhood Education
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Poncini, Laurence; Wimmer, Franz L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1987
Proposes that colored compounds be classified by reference to a standard color-order system incorporating a color dictionary. Argues that the colors of new compounds could be incorporated into the characterization process and into computer storage systems. (TW)
Descriptors: Chemical Analysis, Chemical Nomenclature, Chemistry, Classification
Livingstone, Margaret S. – Scientific American, 1988
Describes the three part system of human vision. Explores the anatomical arrangement of the vision system from the eyes to the brain. Traces the path of various visual signals to their interpretations by the brain. Discusses human visual perception and its implications in art and design. (CW)
Descriptors: Anatomy, Art, Color, Eyes
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Tino, Kristine Blum; And Others – School Arts, 1984
Five K-12 art activities are described. Elementary students study the paintings of Paul Klee. Junior high students do tempera paintings of flowers. High school students make black and clear glue drawings, learn about the cup paper art of Henri Matisse, and study and interpret leaf forms of the magnolia trees. (RM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Color
Skellings, Edmund – Perspectives in Computing: Applications in the Academic and Scientific Community, 1983
Describes The Electric Poet, a computer program which uses color graphics to free the poet from mundane mechanics and allow new possibilities of form in writing verse. Its applications in working with hearing impaired and learning disabled students and use in studying works of the great poets are discussed. (MBR)
Descriptors: Color, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Disabilities
Beasley, Augie E.; Palmer, Carolyn G. – 1986
This compilation of guidelines for using and producing various forms of media begins with hints for bulletin boards and other displays, including principles of layout, elements of design, and use of color. Advantages and disadvantages of using overhead transparencies are then outlined. Recommended uses of transparencies are listed, and tips for…
Descriptors: Bulletin Boards, Color, Design Requirements, Elementary Secondary Education
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Rednor-Portnoy, Rae – School Arts, 1982
Describes an activity in which eighth graders explored color relationships in art. Students selected their favorite pieces of art work, redrew and redesigned the artists' composition, and then painted them using completely different color schemes. Student confidence in their own artistic judgment and capabilities increased. (AM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Color Planning, Freehand Drawing
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Ward, Alan – Science Activities, 1983
Several activities related to color are discussed. These include placing different colors on a disk which, while spinning, appears to be white. Also discusses complementary and primary colors. (JN)
Descriptors: College Science, Color, Higher Education, Optics
Meeks, Tom – Instructional Innovator, 1981
Discusses ZGRASS, a programing language designed for graphics production, especially for applications in education and training, and provides guidelines for people looking into a new computer graphics system. (CHC)
Descriptors: Animation, Color, Computer Graphics, Computer Programs
Lamal, Pauline Dove – 1982
Art has always adapted technological advances to its own uses. In the last 15 years, art has turned to color photocopiers, computers, mimeograph machines, and thermofax copiers. With this in mind, Central Piedmont Community College began offering a course in 1982 called "Art and Technology" which focused on the application of office…
Descriptors: Art Materials, Artists, Color, Community Colleges
Porter, Gerald J. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1984
Presents the options and limitations available in microcomputer-based graphic systems. Factors that must be considered when selecting a system--resolution, color, video-compatibility, and cost--and the relationship between these factors are discussed. (MBR)
Descriptors: Color, Computer Graphics, Costs, Display Systems
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Mebane, Robert C.; Rybolt, Thomas R. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1985
Reports on the colors observed during titrations of 15 natural indicators obtained from common fruits and vegetables. These edible indicators can be used for a variety of teacher demonstrations or for simple student experiments. (JN)
Descriptors: Acids, Botany, Chemical Equilibrium, College Science
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