--- description: A new Google Doodle celebrates Teachers' Day, which takes place annually during the first full week of May title: Colorful Google Doodle Celebrates Teachers' Day image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1786e0d54b1e48b/6988cc89196cf47449040084/google-doodle.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Google](/tag/google/) ## Google Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Colorful Google Doodle Celebrates Teachers' Day by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 9, 2017 12:40 PM CUT  Google by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 9, 2017 12:40 PM CUT Tuesday is all about celebrating educators — and there’s a new colorful [Google Doodle](http://time.com/4770211/google-doodle-parents-day/ "undefined") to honor [Teachers’ Day](http://time.com/4522610/teachers-color-race-students-study/ "undefined"). The animated doodle depicts a blue ‘G’-shaped teacher explaining various concepts, including trigonometry and the water cycle, to a group of fascinated students. “On this day we take a moment to appreciate those who dedicate their lives to encouraging our intellectual development, be it through mathematics, ecology, astronomy, chemistry, biology, or any other subject we may explore,” a [statement](https://www.google.com/doodles/teachers-day-2017-united-states "undefined") by Google explains. “Teachers nurture our intelligence, creativity, and critical thinking skills. They help shape us and guide our development.” The special day is part of Teacher Appreciation Week, which takes place annually during the first full week of May. [Google](http://time.com/timelapse2016/ "undefined") has previously acknowledged May 9 with doodles celebrating Swedish engineer Gustaf de Laval’s 168th birthday, _Peter Pan_ author J.M. Barrie’s 150th Birthday, Mother’s Day and the 76th Birthday of Roger Hargreaves, the author and illustrator best remembered for his popular _Mr. Men and Little Miss_ series. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4771958/google-doodle-teachers-day-teacher-appreciation-week/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4771958/google-doodle-teachers-day-teacher-appreciation-week/"},"headline":"Colorful Google Doodle Celebrates Teachers' Day","datePublished":"2017-05-09T12:40:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:28.020Z","description":"\"Teachers nurture our intelligence, creativity, and critical thinking skills\"","url":"https://time.com/4771958/google-doodle-teachers-day-teacher-appreciation-week/","keywords":["Google","Newsfeed","Google Doodle","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1786e0d54b1e48b/6988cc89196cf47449040084/google-doodle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1786e0d54b1e48b/6988cc89196cf47449040084/google-doodle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"google-doodle","caption":"google-doodle","creditText":"Google","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/google/","name":"Google"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4771958/google-doodle-teachers-day-teacher-appreciation-week/","name":"Colorful Google Doodle Celebrates Teachers' Day"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How Google Makes its Doodles","description":"Our videographer went to the Googleplex in Mountain View, California to meet some of the designers and coders who create the special, clever variations on the Google.com logo known as","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/upF0qp1E/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-07-07T16:09:57.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/upF0qp1E.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4771958/google-doodle-teachers-day-teacher-appreciation-week/","duration":"PT3M23S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4771958/google-doodle-teachers-day-teacher-appreciation-week/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```