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Other

Color Matters: Vision: What Is Color Blindness?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the different types of color blindness and see a few simple tests that are used to diagnose this condition.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Could a Blind Eye Regenerate?

For Students 9th - 10th
We tend to think of blindness as something you're born with, but with certain genetic diseases, it can actually develop when you're a kid, or even when you're an adult. But could blind eyes possibly regenerate? This video explains how...
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Other

Nyise: Blindness Resource Center

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Comprehensive hotlist links to resources for the blind. Topics include Internet access, braille, eye diseases, organizations, research, university programs for persons with disabilities, vendors, and more.
Professional Doc
Other

American Foundation for the Blind: Assistive Technology Products

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this section, you will find a comprehensive listing of assistive technology products used by people who are blind or visually impaired organized by category.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Proect Ideas: Investigating Inattentional Blindness

For Students 6th - 8th
The goal of this human behavior science fair project is to investigate inattentional blindness and visual perception and see what percentage of a test population notices an unexplained object in a video. The Science Buddies project ideas...
Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: 19th Century Schools for the Deaf, Blind

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection uses primary sources to explore the development of schools for deaf and blind students in the nineteenth century.
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Other

The Vision Learning Center: Color Blindness

For Students 9th - 10th
Page with facts about color blindness. Provides good questions and good feedback about this eye condition and what treatments are available.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Color Blindness

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: The Courtesy of the Blind

For Students 9th - 10th
In this seven-stanza poem, the poet writes about the experience of reading her poetry to the blind. She grows increasingly uncomfortable as they cannot see the images in her words, yet they are courteous to a fault and smile and applaud...
Activity
University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Human Biology: Color Blindness Problem Set

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Handout
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Old Eyes = Blind Eyes?

For Students 9th - 10th
The Why? Files have provided information about a troubling disease causing blindness. Characteristics of AMD and treatment options are explored.
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Other

National Center on Deaf Blindness

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Site consists of an extensive library of materials, and information specialists to help serve children who are deaf-blind.
eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of "The Country of the Blind"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for H. G. Wells's story, "The Country of the Blind."
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Other

American Foundation for the Blind: Anne Sullivan Macy: Miracle Worker

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive biography of Anne Sullivan Macy, who pioneered techniques for teaching the blind and deaf through her work with Helen Keller. Includes many images and primary source documents, such as letters. Anne had a difficult...
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Other

American Foundation for the Blind: Blindness and Low Vision

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Blindness or visual impairment can have a profound impact on one's life. This organization provides a great deal of helpful information about resources that will assist the visually impaired person to lead a normal, productive life.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: A Curable Condition That Causes Blindness

For Students 9th - 10th
Andrew Bastawrous gives the facts on cataracts and blindness. [4:23]
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Making a Car for Blind Drivers

For Students 9th - 10th
Using robotics, laser rangefinders, GPS and smart feedback tools, Dennis Hong is building a car for drivers who are blind. It's not a "self-driving" car, he's careful to note, but a car in which a non-sighted driver can determine speed,...
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Read Works

Read Works: Three Blind Mice

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read the song lyrics to "Three Blind Mice." A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Three Blind Mice

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage is the nursery rhyme about three blind mice. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Device May Help Blind People See

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a new device that can give sight to people blinded because of retinal damage. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Blind Men and the Elephant

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "The Blind Men and the Elephant" by John Godfrey Saxe, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Blind Spot: To See, or Not to See

For Students 9th - 10th
The blind spot in human vision is described and illustrated.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Blind Spot

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that there is a part of your eye that does not give you any visual information? In this activity learn about this part of the retina called the "blind spot".
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Other

Tsbvi: Information About Color and Color Blindness

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Provides a list of links about color blindness. Split into two categories: living with color blindness, and color blindness tests and simulations.

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