Scavenger Hunt
EXPERIENCING COLOURS:
Colours are all around us
Find a range of colours in your environment
Details:
All ages
Time: 30 minutes minimum
Learning Outcome: Notice all the variations of colours - whether they are vivid, pale, muted or dark - in various environments around us.
Colour Concepts: The colours that surround us come in a variety of characters.
Materials:
Background - Experience colours all around us
Background - Colour plays many roles in our lives
CLP Handout - Scavenger hunt cards
Pen/Pencil
INSTRUCTIONS:
Go for a walk and look around – your home, your neighbourhood or anywhere. Notice the colours that you see.
How many colours on the card can you find?
Write down what matched the colours on the card in the matching space on the worksheet.
Take photos, if you can, of each match.
Note – you may not see all of the colours on your card. See who can find the most colours.
Vocabulary:
Questions & observations:
Which of the colour characters was most common in your environment?
Which of the colour hues was most common in your environment?
How common are vivid colours in your environment?
If you do this exercise in different locations (e.g. home vs, school), what do you notice?
Are you surprised by any of your findings?
More to explore:
Make your own grids with different hues and characters. Repeat the exercise.
Try the exercise in different environments – e.g inside vs. outside; school library vs. school gym; your home vs. school. What do you notice about the colours you find in different environments?
Related exercise:
If you have not yet done exercises using the sorting set, check out Naming Colours in the Sorting Set to become familiar with characters, and expanding the ways you can describe colours.
