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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Rainbow and Other Stories

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1850 publication of Rainbow and Other Stories, a book of stories for children.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Book: At the Foot of the Rainbow by Gene Stratton Porter

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the full text of the novel At the Foot of the Rainbow by Gene Stratton-Porter.
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Book: "At the Rainbow's End" by Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the full text of the short story "At the Rainbow's End" by Jack London.
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eBook
Children's Books Online

Children's Books Online: Over the Rainbow Bridge

For Students 2nd - 5th
"Over the Rainbow Bridge", written in 1920 by Louise Marshall Haynes, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 23 page book is appropriate for early readers.
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Activity
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: On This Long Storm the Rainbow Rose

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "On This Long Storm the Rainbow Rose--", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Mark Eckardt and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Article
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: The Rainbow Connection

For Students 9th - 10th
Stanley Rand, in his article "Frogs: The Rainbow Connection" looks at a variety of topics related to frogs including types and species, habitats, interesting facts, the difference between frogs and toads, and more.
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Nelson Mandela and the Rainbow Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed article from the Nobel e-museum on the life of Nelson Mandela is organized into the following sections: "Equality and Pluralism," "The Development of 'Colour-blindness,'" "The Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Nehru,"...
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Rainbow Stacker

For Students 1st - 6th
How high can you stack? Rainbow Stacker is a fast-paced stacking game that gets progressively more difficult. Tap or click to stack the colored blocks on top of one another as accurately as you can. Keep the blocks as large as possible,...
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Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Planting a Rainbow

For Teachers K - 1st
A simple lesson plan on rainbows. Objectives are to learn the colors of a rainbow, to reinforce shapes and colors, and to become aware of how flowers are planted and how they bloom.
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Rainbow in the Room

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the properties of visible light and the sequence of colors in the spectrum using light shone through water and prisms. The lesson and accompanying slideshow can both be downloaded.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Rainbow Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
Astronomers can determine the atomic composition of distant stars by measuring the spectrum of light emitted by the star. Sound cool? Well in this project you can do something similar by observing the color of flames when various...
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Graphic
California Institute of Technology

Nasa: Great Observatories Present Rainbow of a Galaxy

For Students 9th - 10th
The Great Observatories Present Rainbow of a Galaxy image is part of a series of photographs taken from the Spitzer Space Telescope. The picture is accompanied by a brief textual overview outlining specific details in the picture.
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Activity
Science Fun for Everyone

Science Fun: Rainbow in a Glass

For Students 1st - 5th
Use skittles to form a rainbow with this hands-on experiment. Links to video of the experiment.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Department of Archives and History

Alabama Dept. Of Archives and History: Wwi and Alabama's Rainbow Division [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th
This lesson plan contains a PowerPoint and other downloadable resources on World War I and Alabama.
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Activity
NASA

Nasa: Genesis Kids: Roping Rainbows

For Students 3rd - 6th
Provides fun activities to do involving sunlight.
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Website
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Astronomers Seek Life at End of Rainbow

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Marilyn Head's article explores the possibility entertained by several researchers that the key to discovering life beyond Earth (or habitable planets) is in studying rainbows.
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Primary
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Rainbow Valley by L. M. Montgomery

For Students 3rd - 8th
This ebook version of L. M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valley has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Rainbow Trail by Zane Grey

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the novel The Rainbow Trail by Zane Grey. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Rainbow Valley by Lucy Maud Montgomery

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the novel Rainbow Valley by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Rainbow's End" by Rex Ellingwood Beach

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the novel Rainbow's End by Rex Ellingwood Beach. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Rainbow's End" by Kathleen Thompson Norris

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "The Rainbow's End" by Kathleen Thompson Norris. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Over the Rainbow

For Teachers K Standards
Students review and conclude our color unit. Students graph their favorite colors.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Ncar: About Rainbows

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated article about the phenomenon of rainbows.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Ncar: About Rainbows

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University Corporation of Atmospheric Research provides an illustrated article about the phenomenon of rainbows.

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