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Blue

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students follow directions for a simple chemical experiment. They use the appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data. Students identify a substance that has characteristic properties, such as density, a...
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Looking Blue

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students participate in a research project that is exclusively using the internet. The author states that traditional labs are hard to conduct for a light lab. This one uses the internet with the intention that students can manipulate...
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Time Traveler Blues: The Great Depression

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students research the Great Depression Era and its effect on the world. They create a multimedia presentation over the Great Depression from many angles.
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Blue Mud Shrimp Mystery

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore invasive species on an environment.  In this exploratory lesson students hypothesize why shrimp are on the decline and make a brochure or poster showing their results. 
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Once in a Blue Moon

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify the phases of the moon. They use technology to access websites on the Internet dealing with the moon.
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Blue, White and Gray

For Students 11th
In this probability worksheet, 11th graders calculate what the probability of the color of shirt someone is wearing is. A solution key is provided.
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Is Your Blue Really Blue? [Metamerism]

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Pupils learn fundamentals about color perception, and explain the phenomenon called "metamerism". Students learn the three basic components of color perception: light source, illuminated colored object, and the light detector.
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Red, Green, and Blue Mystery Liquids! Hypothesis or Inference?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are actively involved in the scientific method and inquiry as they form quick hypotheses based upon a teacher set of mystery liquids. They determine the need to make additional observations of the liquids.
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Stain My Days Blue

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read several poems related to the life and culture of the Appalachia region. They are introduced to the poetic forms of simile, alliteration and onomatopoeia and respond to the poems through journal entries and poetry of their own.
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It's A Blue, Blue Monday

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners create images that convey how the weather makes them feel. As a class, students discuss the way weather can effect their mood. After reading several passages describing the weather, learners use vivid descriptions and...
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End of the Line: What Happened to the Blue Ridge Railroad?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study the westward expansion and the role of railroad construction to the expansion. In this railroad history lesson, 6th graders complete KWL activity for the topic. Students view a PowerPoint about the growth of railroads...
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Deep Blue: Exploring the Deep Ocean

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine landforms. In this social studies lesson, students bounce a beach ball around in order to discover that seventy percent of the Earth is covered in water. Students
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Folktale Unit: Paul Bunyan and the Big Blue Ox

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars participate in a shared reading of Steven Kellogg's, Paul Bunyan while learning the associated vocabulary. They write a journal entry expressing which of the folktales they have read is their favorite and why.
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HOW BIG IS A BLUE?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students compare the lengths of whales using different lengths of rope. They illustrate one whale in life-size proportion.
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Red Shift, Blue Shift

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils demonstrate how stellar spectra measures a star's motion relative to Earth along the line of sight.
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Blue Genes: Affect Your Life!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, in groups, research, analyze and synthesize information on genetic diseases. After watching a video on genetics, groups perform research on a variety of genetic diseases and present their findings to the class.
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Echoes of Blue and Grey: Weekend Warriors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers view a video about the Civil War and then describe famous battles from the perspective of either the Union or the Confederate side.
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Leo Lionni’s Little Blue and Little Yellow

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students use the Internet to research the author Leo Lionni, then rewrite and illustrate one of his stories.
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"The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle"

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders read Sherlock Holmes silently and work together to demonstrate an understanding of the story. They participate in small group and whole class discussions and analyze Holmes' method of deducing details about an object and...
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Satchmo's Blues

For Teachers 4th - 11th
Learners work cooperatively to create a jazz composition using the computer program GarageBand and incorporating the musical stylings of musician Louis Armstrong. Internet access is required for this lesson.
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Castle Blue Eagle

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read the legend of King Arthur. They complete comprehension activities and research life in the Middle Ages. In groups, 6th graders complete several projects including making shields, crowns, and stained glass art designs.
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Little Boy Blue

For Students Pre-K - K
In this rhyme instructional activity, students read a nursery rhyme about a little boy. Students also color in two illustrations and cut out rhyming words from the story.
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Matching Words and Colors

For Students K - 1st
In this language arts worksheet, students read and identify color words and then fill in twelve butterflies with the matching color.
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B is for Blue

For Students K - 1st
In this printing practice worksheet, learners follow the dotted lines to form the letters B and b. They print two rows of each. They can see an animation of how to form each letter if they look at the worksheet online before printing it...