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Color Vision

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Humans can only see visible light, but some insects can see ultraviolet light. Through a simulation, pupils explore how we see colors using one bulb. It moves on to demonstrate how we see colors by mixing three different bulbs (red,...
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Lesson Plan
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

Red States/Blue States: Mapping the Presidential Election

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Young historians investigate how voting patterns have changed by comparing the outcome of the 1960 election to the outcome of the recent election. A creative final assessment has participants making a news show wherein they provide...
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Activity
NASA

Water Works on a Blue Planet

For Students 6th - 12th
Keep within a water budget. Learners find out that less than 2.5% of Earth's water is available to drink—and that there is a fixed amount of water. Scholars read an interesting article comparing the available water to a game of Monopoly...
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Curated OER

How a Blue Crab Changes as it Grows

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils explore the BlueCrab Archives website. It includes pictures of a blue crab as it goes through the stages of molting. Students often become confused with the term molting since it is used in different ways in the animal world....
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Island of the Blue Dolphins: Chapters 1-2 Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Island of the Blue Dolphin worksheet, students identify vocabulary words from chapters one and two in this book. They match the vocabulary word to the best definition Students complete six problems.
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Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross, Moanin,' Payin' Your Dues

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine the musical styles of call and response and the blues while delving into the difficult lives of many jazz musicians. Travelling in the South was challenging for black musicians during this time and the difficulties...
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Curated OER

ESL Integrated Literature Unit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read and analyze information related to the book Island of the Blue Dolphin. They select appropriate information for the purpose of investigating part of the book.
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Curated OER

The Pony Song

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students sing "Three Little Pigs", the "Pony Song", and "The Animal Blues" in this elementary school music lesson. National and State Standards are addressed. Assessment rubric is included for grading and student evaluation.
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Curated OER

Green as a Bean

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students draw what they would be if they were green, red, yellow, or blue. In this drawing lesson plan, students have to draw what they would like to be based on a given color.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Color the Bubbles (More, Less, Equal)

For Students K - 1st
Combine coloring and number comparisons with your youngsters. They use color coding to identify numbers that are less than, greater than, or equal to five. The 20 numbers are enclosed in bubbles, making this more of a fun activity. Note...
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K-5 Math Teaching Resources

Color Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Brighten up your primary grade classroom with this series of printable color words. Covering all of basics from red and blue to black and pink, this simple resource is perfect for use with young children who are just beginning to learn...
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Curated OER

"Why Is the Sky Blue?"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners investigate why the sky is blue and the sunset is red. They are asked why do you think that we see the sky as blue? Students write a hypothesis on their "Blue Sky Lab Sheet". They explain why they think that the sky is blue...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Why is the Sky Blue?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore diffusion or scattering of light. For this physics lesson, students explain why the sky is blue and sunsets/sunrises are red.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Blues and Folk Music Workshop

For Students 6th - 7th
In these informational texts worksheets, students read the detailed flyer for the Blues and Folk Music Workshop. Students then answer 8 multiple choice questions about the text.
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Lesson Plan
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A Guide Through the Culture of the Blues

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the history of blues music and discover how it relates to the music of today. As a class, they listen to the drum songs of Africa and compare it to the use of drums in pop music today. Using the internet, they research...
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The Little Blue Engine

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Young scholars listen to a read aloud of Shel Silverstein's, The Little Blue Engine. They design and build a Lego train that climbs a three foot incline, one foot at a time. They draw and write about their design.
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Curated OER

Colorimetric Determination of the Concentration of Blue Food Coloring in Sport Drinks

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders determine the amount of blue food coloring in sports drinks and plot the concentration and absorbance data. They summarize the data and determine why companies need to know the amount of chemicals in their products.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Blue Cube, 27 Little Cubes

For Students 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders calculate how many blue face. Students calculate the volume of the two cubes. There is an answer key.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Picture Scramble Puzzle- Chipmunk, Blue-Winged Teal and Pickerel

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this picture scramble puzzle worksheet, students arrange the numbers in the lettered boxes to create the image of an Eastern chipmunk, a blue-winged teal, or a pickerel. They see a picture of each animal next to the puzzle.
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Curated OER

Bird Coloring Page- Barn Swallow, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this coloring worksheet, young scholars color 4 black-line pictures of birds. They color a Barn Swallow, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Cardinal, and a Blue Jay.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Endangered Animal Coloring Page

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this endangered animal worksheet, students color a picture of a blue whale. Students then draw its natural habitat all around it.
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Writing the Blues

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners assess the blues as musical poetry. They place the writing of blues music in historical context and write (and read) their own blues lyrics. They perform for the class and others.
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Worksheet
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What Can Be Blue?

For Students K - 1st
In this reading activity, students inspect 6 pictures and read the sentence accompanying them. Example: "Tricycles can be blue." Students color each picture a shade of blue.
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Spot the Differences: Great Blue Herons

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this science and visual discrimination worksheet, students spot 6 differences between the two pictures of the great blue heron.