5th & 6th Grade - 3D Cubes in Tints!

3D Cubes in Tints

My students LOVE this lesson. Even though they are all making the same thing, they all end up different. I gave them the freedom to choose colors.  Here is the template I created and how we used it to draw and label the cubes.

Each table is set up with a color group. Red to orange, yellow to golden yellow, yellow green to deep green, blue greens to blue, cobalt blue to violet, magentas to red. Plus, each try has a white to mix tints. Then black and white and browns are offered at a counter space. I have students use styrofoam mixing trays at each table per color group, they mix lights to darks on the trays.