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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson, early elementary and special education learners learn about generosity by reading the book The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister (not provided through the lesson plan). Graphic organizers are used to aid in reading the book....
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Museum Network (UK)

Museum Network: "The Rainbow Landscape" by Peter Paul Rubens

For Students 9th - 10th
From the British, Museum Network, which brings together information from and the expertise of various professionals at numerous museums, this is an object description of "The Rainbow Landscape" by the Flemish Baroque painter, Peter Paul...
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Read Works

Read Works: The Whys of Weather Rainbows

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about rainbows and how they are formed. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Rainbow Popsicle

For Students K - 1st
Explore kitchen chemistry and make a cool rainbow popsicle.
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Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Canadian Geographic: Animal Facts: Rainbow Trout

For Students 9th - 10th
explore fast facts, physiology, habitats, behaviors, and range of the rainbow trout.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Rainbow Candy

For Students 6th - 8th
Make your own rainbow candy in this fun STEM activity. You will do it without using any food coloring. Instead, you will use a light-bending phenomenon called diffraction.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: How Do Rainbows Form

For Students 4th - 6th
Provides an explanation in five steps of how rainbows form.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Colors of the Rainbow in Order

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn the seven colors of the rainbow in order and what each of them symbolizes. Includes a helpful mnemonic.
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: How Rainbows Work

For Students K - 1st
Learn how rainbows work by reading this illustrated explanation.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Double Rainbow

For Students Pre-K - 1st
After viewing the "Double Rainbow" episode of Plum Landing, students will discuss what they have learned about rainbow parrotfish. Then students will design and post their own illustrations of a school of these rainbow parrotfish.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake by Laura Lee Hope

For Students 3rd - 5th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake, a book from the early 1900's series, "The Outdoor Girls." This series was written by the author who went by the pseudonym...
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: The Rainbow Never Tells Me

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "The Rainbow Never Tells Me", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Scott Becker and can access a printable version of this piece.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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