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Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "Nighttime in Texas"

For Students 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The paired passages "Flying Blind" and "Nighttime in Texas" are both suspenseful. Question sets are provided for each separately and combined.
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eBook
Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: The Human Eye

For Students 9th - 10th
Written by a former author of Biology textbooks, this page describes not only color vision, but the anatomy of the eye, and color blindness. Easy to understand language.
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Article
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Invention of the Week: Patricia Bath: Laserphaco Probe

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Dr. Patricia Bath, an opthalmologic surgeon, credited with the invention of the Laserphaco Probe, a surgical device used in the removal of cataracts. Learn about Bath's early education, her studies of the blindness rates at...
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Handout
Other

Royal National Institute of Blind People: Helen Keller

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed biographical account of the life and achievements of Helen Keller. Each part of Helen's life is divided into topics, and can be read and researched independently.
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Handout
Other

American Foundation for the Blind: Glossary of Eye Conditions

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a complete listing of all types of eye conditions. Further resources are linked.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Perkins School for the Blind: What Is a Statistical Question?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
This is a lesson with a worksheet that defines the key elements of statistical questions.
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Article
Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 4, Issue 2: Young Inventors: Louis Braille [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
This magazine article explains how Louis Braille developed a system of reading for the blind which was called Braille in his honor.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Against All Odds: Experimental Design

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Video program explains the difference between observation and experiment and the principles of experiment design. Lesson draws on real-life example of heart disease study and a double-blind experiment. [28:39]
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Waves Go Public!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Understanding the Structure of the Eye

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners 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,...
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Activity
Other

Die Blinde Kuh: Die Suchmaschine Fur Kinder

For Students 9th - 10th
Much more than just a search engine for kids, this site offers links to weather, stories, games, E-mail pen pals, recipes, children's sites, and more. A great starting point for web-surfing.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Blind Weaver at Victorian Institute for the Blind.

For Students 9th - 10th
A broad selection of images featuring blindness can be found on this site by Picture Australia. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs as well as a brief description.
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Graphic
Curated OER

[Broom Making, Blind Institute.]

For Students 9th - 10th
A broad selection of images featuring blindness can be found on this site by Picture Australia. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs as well as a brief description.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Deaf Dumb & Blind Asylum, Adelaide [Picture].

For Students 9th - 10th
A broad selection of images featuring blindness can be found on this site by Picture Australia. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs as well as a brief description.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Ononghe, a Blind Boy [Picture].

For Students 9th - 10th
A broad selection of images featuring blindness can be found on this site by Picture Australia. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs as well as a brief description.
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Graphic
Curated OER

The Blind Asylum [Picture].

For Students 9th - 10th
A broad selection of images featuring blindness can be found on this site by Picture Australia. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs as well as a brief description.
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Website
Other

American Printing House: Welcome to the Braille Bug

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource is for learning about braille. Links are provided to change colors, increase font size, decode braille, learn about braille, discuss some books with others and play games.
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Website
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Human Genetics Project: Is the Dominant Trait Most Prevalent?

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Graphic
Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Bruegel, Pieter the Elder

For Students 9th - 10th
Link to images of Pieter Bruegel the Elder's most famous paintings including "The Blind Leading the Blind."
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Website
Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Paintings by Pieter Bruegel, the Elder

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Web Gallery of Art contains a listing of paintings by Bruegel the Elder, including "The Blind Leading the Blind". Also included is a link to a detailed biography of Pieter the elder.
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Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Helen Keller

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of Helen Keller's remarkable accomplishments learning to speak, though blind and hearing impaired. Helen Keller was exceptional in her ability to communicate the challenges that handicapped people face to the rest of the...
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Handout
Other

Codi: Vision and Computing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Informative site for those who need assistance with computing needs due to low vision or blindness. Many links provided to arrive at a solution!
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Handout
Other

Infinitec: Total Resource Guide: Visual

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A resource guide that is a great help to locating a full array of assistive products and services for persons with blindness or visual impairments.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Louis Braille

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Louis Braille and the alphabet he created for blind people. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

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