Teaching Tolerance
Introducing 'The New Jim Crow'
When Jim Crow Laws ended, the intent behind them did not. Academics read "The New Jim Crow Laws" and an interview from the author to understand how racism has not ended, but rather changed over time. The lesson explains how prejudices in...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Waves: The Three Color Mystery
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Understanding the Structure of the Eye
Students learn about the anatomical structure of the human eye and how humans see light, as well as some causes of color blindness. They conduct experiments as an example of research to gather information. During their investigations,...
Other
Color Matters: Vision: What Is Color Blindness?
Learn about the different types of color blindness and see a few simple tests that are used to diagnose this condition.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Waves Go Public!
Students apply everything they have learned over the course of the associated lessons about waves, light properties, the electromagnetic spectrum, and the structure of the eye, by designing devices that can aid color blind people in...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Three Color Mystery
Young scholars are introduced to an engineering challenge in which they are given a job assignment to separate three types of apples. However, they are unable to see the color differences between the apples, and as a result, they must...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Human Genetics Project: Is the Dominant Trait Most Prevalent?
Human-Genetics: A Worldwide Search for the Dominant Trait allows you to collect data and share your results with students around the world. Register your class, complete the student survey, participate in discussion boards, and interact...
University of Arizona
The Biology Project: Human Biology: Color Blindness Problem Set
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.
University of Arizona
The Biology Project: Human Biology
This site provides basic information on human genetics and reproduction using tutorials, simulations, images and quizzes. There are also links to other worthwhile sites.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Color Blindness
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.
Other
All About vision.com: Eye Conditions and Diseases
Many articles with consumer information about lenses, eyewear, eye problems, and unique eye conditions. Vast content and many links to off-site information.
Other
The Vision Learning Center: Color Blindness
Page with facts about color blindness. Provides good questions and good feedback about this eye condition and what treatments are available.
Other
What Color: Color Reading Pc Utility for Colorblinds
Downloadable shareware utility, for Windows and Windows-compatible machines, that allows color-blind people using PCs to know the names of on-screen colors.
Other
Tsbvi: Information About Color and Color Blindness
Provides a list of links about color blindness. Split into two categories: living with color blindness, and color blindness tests and simulations.