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Skating Association for the Blind and Handicapped
Skating Association for the Blind and Handicapped is a volunteer-based organization. Discover specialized equipment, schedules, and sign up to help.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Waves: The Three Color Mystery
Students are presented with a challenge question concerning color blindness and asked to use engineering principles to design devices to help people who are color blind. Using the legacy cycle as a model, this unit is comprised of five...
Seeker
Seeker: Animal Pairs Prove Love Is Blind
View incredible photos of friendships between animals of different species.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Science Education Center: Photosynthesis: Blinded by the Light
Delve into myths your students might hold about photosynthesis in this video. Help your students gain a better understanding of photosynthesis reactions and how plants use light energy for nutrition and growth.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Blind
The poem shares the sad experience of seeing a loved one lose the sense of sight.
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American Foundation for the Blind: Louis Braille
Here you can learn all about Louis Braille (1809-1852 CE) and how he developed the Braille System, a way of reading and writing for the blind.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Watch Out for the Blind Spots
In this service-learning engineering project, students follow the steps of the engineering design process to design a hearing testing device. More specifically, they design a prototype machine that can be used to test the peripheral...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Blind Lemon Jefferson
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Blind Lemon Jefferson, an American country blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter, one of the earliest black folk-blues singers to achieve popular success.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Blind Willie Johnson
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Blind Willie Johnson, an African-American gospel singer who performed on Southern streets and was noted for the energy and power of his singing and for his ingenious guitar accompaniments.
Character Lab
Character Lab: Social Blind Spots: Feedback to Develop Social Intelligence
How do we know when we are being rude? Research shows we can be quite blind to our social blunders. Read about why social intelligence is in the eye of the beholder.
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American Foundation for the Blind: Helen Keller
This interactive resource module provides biographical information about Helen Keller.
Library of Congress
Loc: Nls for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
The National Library Service provides a free program to provide braille and audio materials to those who need them. There is a national system of participating libraries.
Other
American Foundation for the Blind: Helen Keller Kids Museum
This resource provides a fascinating look at the life of Helen Keller through her biography, pictures, video, audio, and more.
Other
American Foundation for the Blind: Anne Sullivan Macy
A biographical overview of the life of Anne Sullivan Macy, devoted teacher of Heller Keller and a pioneer in the education of the visually impaired which earned her the nickname "miracle worker". Learn about her through her own letters,...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Blind Spot
Discover the blind spot in the human eye with a simple experiment, then alter the experiment to discover the size and shape of your blind spot.
Amazing Change Ministries
The Miracles of Jesus: Sight Restored to Two Blind Men
The Biblical account of Jesus restoring the two blind men's sight.
Amazing Change Ministries
The Miracles of Jesus: Restored Sight to a Man Born Blind
The John 9: 1-7 account from the Bible where Jesus cures a man who was blind from birth.
Amazing Change Ministries
The Miracles of Jesus: Gave Sight to Blind Man
This page gives the Mark 8: 22-26 passage from the Bible where Jesus heals a blind man.
Amazing Change Ministries
The Miracles of Jesus: Blind and Dumb Demoniac Healed
The account from the Book of Matthew of when Jesus healed the blind and mute man and explained his powers when the Pharisees doubted him.
Read Works
Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "Nighttime in Texas"
[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.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: The Human Eye
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.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Invention of the Week: Patricia Bath: Laserphaco Probe
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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Royal National Institute of Blind People: Helen Keller
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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American Foundation for the Blind: Glossary of Eye Conditions
This resource presents a complete listing of all types of eye conditions. Further resources are linked.
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