Smithsonian's Color Quest

Discover colorful objects across the Smithsonian with Pinky Jackalope and Nick the Music Man! This video resource follows Pinky and Nick's journey as they discover a new colorful object from eight different museums, research centers, and the National Zoo. From a red airplane at the National Air and Space Museum to a purple amethyst at the National Museum of Natural History, there is so much to explore at the Smithsonian!

Categories

Age Group: Toddler, Preschool
Animal Area: Birds
ELOF Domain: Cognition
Resource Format: Video
Language: English
Smithsonian Museum: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, National Zoo, National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of Asian Art, National Museum of American History, National Postal Museum, National Museum of Natural History
Topic: Color
An eight rectangle collage showing many colors.

Part of the Following Programs

Two artistic characters stand next to each other. The first is a man wearing a bright blue shirt and holding a guitar. The second is a pink jackalope puppet with a dark blue shirt and dark pink glasses. They are surrounded by four animal cutouts including a green python, a yellow frog, a blue frog, and a green and white striped iguana.

Colorful Creatures

What reptiles and amphibians are colorful? How do these animals use these colors to help them?

Content Unit :

Color

Featured Creature :

Corn snake; Fiji island iguana

Smithsonian Partners :

National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of American History, National Museum of Asian Art, National Postal Museum, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Smithsonian Gardens

ELOF Standards :

IT-C 10; P-SCI-1; P-SCI-2; P-SCI-3