Lesson on Crayola Crayons

Name ________________________________ Date ________________________

1. What is your favorite color crayon? __________________________

2. Make a prediction, what are the two favorite colors of kids everywhere? _________________________ and _______________________________

  1. Explain below how you made your prediction, what did you base your decision on.

 

 

 

  1. Take a survey of your class. Use the crayons to make a graph of the most popular colors.
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               

 

Now go on the Internet

Go to Peggy Steffens Home Page (http://www.amphi.com/~psteffen)

Click on Student Resources category

Click on Crayola Home Page (http://www.crayola.com)

 

You are going to take a Trivia Quiz about Crayola crayons. Questions will appear on the screen and you will select one of several answers. Click the letter of the answer you feel is appropriate. If you miss the question, you will be shown the correct answer.

Use the information to answer the questions on the back.

Click on the button for Crayola Trivia

Click on the button for The Crayola Crayon Trivia Quiz

5. How many minutes a day does the average kid spend coloring? _________________

 

6. What are the two most popular colors? _________________ and _______________

  1. Was your prediction correct? Yes No
  2. Are the two most popular colors the same two colors that your class selected? Yes No

If the colors are not the same, why do you think it is different?

 

9. Why do you think these are the two most popular colors?

 

 

10. What are crayons made of ______________ and _______________________

11. There are only two colors that have had their names changed, what were the original names of the colors? ___________________ and _____________________________

12. Why were the names changed?

 

 

 

 

13. Do you think the names should have been changed? Explain why or why not?

 

 

 

 

 

14. Think of another word that should be changed. Think of a new name, list the new name and explain why we should change the name.

 

 

 

 

15. List your favorite piece of information you learned from doing this trivia puzzle.


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