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Other

Color Matters: Vision: What Is Color Blindness?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the different types of color blindness and see a few simple tests that are used to diagnose this condition.
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Other

Nyise: Blindness Resource Center

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Comprehensive hotlist links to resources for the blind. Topics include Internet access, braille, eye diseases, organizations, research, university programs for persons with disabilities, vendors, and more.
Professional Doc
Other

American Foundation for the Blind: Assistive Technology Products

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this section, you will find a comprehensive listing of assistive technology products used by people who are blind or visually impaired organized by category.
Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: 19th Century Schools for the Deaf, Blind

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection uses primary sources to explore the development of schools for deaf and blind students in the nineteenth century.
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Other

The Vision Learning Center: Color Blindness

For Students 9th - 10th
Page with facts about color blindness. Provides good questions and good feedback about this eye condition and what treatments are available.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Color Blindness

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Encyclopedia Wikipedia provides information on the condition of color blindness, including different types of color deficiencies, a discussion on the causes of color blindnes, images, and more.
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University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Human Biology: Color Blindness Problem Set

For Students 9th - 10th
This problem set is based on a question received from a woman with red-green color blind as well as other members of her family. She wanted to know if we could help her understand how she inherited her color blindness.
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Other

National Center on Deaf Blindness

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Site consists of an extensive library of materials, and information specialists to help serve children who are deaf-blind.
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Other

American Foundation for the Blind: Anne Sullivan Macy: Miracle Worker

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive biography of Anne Sullivan Macy, who pioneered techniques for teaching the blind and deaf through her work with Helen Keller. Includes many images and primary source documents, such as letters. Anne had a difficult...
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Read Works

Read Works: Three Blind Mice

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read the song lyrics to "Three Blind Mice." A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Three Blind Mice

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage is the nursery rhyme about three blind mice. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works

Read Works: Device May Help Blind People See

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a new device that can give sight to people blinded because of retinal damage. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Blind Spot: To See, or Not to See

For Students 9th - 10th
The blind spot in human vision is described and illustrated.
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Other

Tsbvi: Information About Color and Color Blindness

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Provides a list of links about color blindness. Split into two categories: living with color blindness, and color blindness tests and simulations.
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Other

Blind Readers' Page

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Blind Readers' site provides links to hundreds of resources for students who are blind or vision impaired and their families. They include spoken word resources, information on assistive technologies, speech recognition, Braille...
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Other

Blind Readers' Page

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This Blind Readers' site provides links to hundreds of resources for students who are blind or vision impaired and their families. They include spoken word resources, information on assistive technologies, speech recognition, Braille...
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Diverting History of Three Blind Mice by E. Caldwell

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Diverting History of Three Blind Mice by E. Caldwell (1887), the song/nursery rhyme of "Three Blind Mice."
Activity
York University

York University: Blind Spot Test

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this little test about the blind spot, then click on the red "explanation" button at the bottom of the page to find out what you just experienced.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Blindness of Madge Tyndall

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of The Blindness of Madge Tyndall by Silas K. Hocking, a book of children's fiction.
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Children's Books Online

Children's Books Online: Three Blind Mice

For Students Pre-K - 1st
"Three Blind Mice", written in 1987 by John W. Ivimey, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 37 page book is appropriate for pre-readers.
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Other

Skating Association for the Blind and Handicapped

For Students 9th - 10th
Skating Association for the Blind and Handicapped is a volunteer-based organization. Discover specialized equipment, schedules, and sign up to help.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Waves: The Three Color Mystery

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are presented with a challenge question concerning color blindness and asked to use engineering principles to design devices to help people who are color blind. Using the legacy cycle as a model, this unit is comprised of five...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Watch Out for the Blind Spots

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this service-learning engineering project, students follow the steps of the engineering design process to design a hearing testing device. More specifically, they design a prototype machine that can be used to test the peripheral...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Nls for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Library Service provides a free program to provide braille and audio materials to those who need them. There is a national system of participating libraries.

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