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Is Your Blue Really Blue? [Metamerism]

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine color perception and how it relates to metamerism.  In this color instructional activity students complete a lab activity that shows them the three basic components of color perception. 
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The Blues . Writing . Biographies/Profiles . The Soul of a Man

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
This activity, focused on profile writing and its unique characteristics, considers the profiles developed in the film The Soul of a Man while also asking students to consider other profiles they are familiar with and to write some of...
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Black and Blue: Jazz in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the impact of jazz on the novel, "Invisible Man," by Ralph Ellison. They read and discuss excerpts of the novel, write an essay on the influence of jazz on Ralph Ellison as a writer, and view video excerpts on jazz...
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Island of the Blue Dolphins Jigsaw

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research three topics from the book, either Village Life, Sea Life, or San Nicholas Island. They research independently and meet in a jigsaw format to share what they learned. As group they create a poster for class...
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Those Tear-Me-Apart, Put-Me-Back-Together, Never-Be-the-Same-Again Blues

For Teachers K - 6th
Students discuss what it might be like to be the new person in a group, choose the correct words for an apology, learn a vivid instructional activity about how unking words can hurt others, and write a paragraph to explain what they...
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Little Boy Blue

For Teachers 1st
First graders read nursery rhymes and celebrate Mother Goose. In this drawing conclusions and predicting lesson, 1st graders create new ending for the nursery rhymes. Students gather data and make a graph showing their favorite rhyme.
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Hooray for the Red, White and Blue!

For Teachers K
Students recognize the states in the continental United States and find their state. In this patriotic symbols lesson, students explore unfair taxation practices. Students understand the benefits of democracy participate in activities...
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Painter Pete

For Students Pre-K - K
In this language arts worksheet, students identify all ten of the colors listed in the booklet. Then they trace the color word on each can of paint and color the can paint that color.
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Beyond the Blue Horizon...Advanced

For Students 9th - 12th
In this calculating the horizon instructional activity, students solve 6 problems using algebra, derivatives and calculus to find the formula for the line-of-sight horizon, the distance along a planet, the horizon distance and the rates...
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Blue and White Pictures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study a Hanukkah tradition. In this Hanukkah lesson, students use light blue and white construction paper to create Hanukkah pictures.
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Picasso; Comparing Blue and Rose Periods

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research Picasso's art career. They use a word processor to create a Venn diagram which compares Picasso's Blue and Rose Periods.
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Picture Scramble: Giant Pacific Scallop, Blue Crab, Sea Sack

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this science and visual discrimination worksheet, learners examine images of a giant pacific scallop, blue crab and sea sack. Next to each picture is the same image which has been divided into 9 pieces and scrambled. Students place...
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Picture Scramble: Blue Grouse, Bobcat, Red-naped Sapsucker

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this science and visual discrimination worksheet, students examine images of a blue grouse, bobcat and red-naped sapsucker. Next to each picture is the same image which has been divided into 9 pieces and scrambled. Students place the...
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Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners are given certain privileges or have freedoms taken away based on their eye color to demonstrate what it feels like to be singled out by uncontrollable factors. In this singled out lesson plan, students discuss how it feels to...
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Jay Play

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners explore animal characteristics by participating in a bird observation activity. In this blue jay identification lesson plan, students discuss the different types of blue jays native to their environment and bait them to come...
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Blue Planet: Open Ocean

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research facts about animal species.  In this ocean lesson  students view a video, prepare illustrated cards and create a food-web display.  
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Blue Planet: Coral Seas

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars create a poster about coral reefs. In this oceanography lesson, students teach the class about a given aspect of the coral reefs.  Young scholars create posters with images and facts about this habitat. 
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Fishy Color Words

For Students K - 2nd
In this fishy color words worksheet, students color six fish six different colors. Students color each fish the color written underneath each fish picture: purple. blue, yellow, red, orange, and green.
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Doppler Effect Worksheet

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Doppler Effect worksheet, students answer questions about the movement of stars and the reason we see differences in the color of the stars resulting in a red shift or a blue shift.
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The Bill of Rights is a-Rockin

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars explore the U.S. Constitution through music. For this Bill of Rights lesson, students discuss a hypothetical case regarding lyrics by Madonna and the historical Massachusetts Blue Laws. Young scholars use the Bill of...
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Thinking Skills: Connecting shapes

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this thinking skills instructional activity, students draw a line connecting each blue figure without touching any other color. Students connect 4 figures.
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Find Feather Facts

For Students 5th - 8th
For this birds worksheet, students click on the links to find out information about blue birds and bald eagles or wild turkeys and compare them. Students complete 2 columns in the chart.
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BLue Themes in Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore "blue themes" in literatures. Students read stories and write sentences using homophones. They locate the state of Main on a Map. Students estimate the number of blueberries in a jar. They create a flip book describing a...
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Things That Are Blue

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this literacy learning exercise, students find things that are blue in the pictures and color them. The pages could be used to create a memory game.

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