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American Museum of Natural History

All About Horses

For Students 6th - 12th
Horses come in all shapes and sizes, but all belong to the same species. Young scholars explore the different traits and connect the information to genetic modification. The interactive gives them the option to read about 18 different...
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: Moon on a Rainbow Shawl

For Students 9th - 10th
"Moon on a Rainbow Shawl" is a play by Trinidadian actor, playwright, and director Errol John. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: About Rainbows

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University Corporation of Atmospheric Research provides an illustrated article about the phenomenon of rainbows.
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Curated OER

Weather Dude: Rainbows

For Students 9th - 10th
Informational site allows users to discover what makes a rainbow. Discover how they form and learn some interesting facts about them along the way.
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NASA

Nasa: Sci Jinks: What Causes a Rainbow?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out whatever you wanted to know about rainbows and how they form. Check out the section on folklore regarding rainbows too.
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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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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Astronomers Seek Life at End of Rainbow

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Marilyn Head's article explores the possibility entertained by several researchers that the key to discovering life beyond Earth (or habitable planets) is in studying rainbows.
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Other

The Rainbow Family: Defining Clergy

For Students 3rd - 8th
Simplistic site from The Rainbow Family defining "clergy" and the roles they carry out. A good place to start for a quick overview.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Light and Optics

For Students 9th - 10th
Rainbows and sunsets are called "atmospheric optics". They can be caused by light being absorbed, reflected, scattered, refracted, or diffracted by particles in the atmosphere. Learn all about different atmospheric optics along with...
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Devils Postpile National Monument

For Students Pre-K - 1st
National Park Services offers a geological curiosity with Devils Postpile National Monument in Mammoth Lakes, California. Columnar basalt, Rainbow Falls, and Reds Meadow Valley are all part of this wonder just west of the crest of the...
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Devils Postpile National Monument

For Students Pre-K - 1st
National Park Services offers a geological curiosity with Devils Postpile National Monument in Mammoth Lakes, California. Columnar basalt, Rainbow Falls, and Reds Meadow Valley are all part of this wonder just west of the crest of the...
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Other

Atmospheric Optics

For Students 9th - 10th
Instead of just ooohing and aaahing over that beautiful sunset, impress your loved ones with an insightful and informed explanation of just what makes sunsets so interesting, and they will oooh and aaah at you too! At this site, you'll...
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Other

Hong Kong Observatory: Nature's Wonders Explained

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about sunburns, rainbows, lenses, red eyes in photos, and why the sky is blue. Slightly random set of "wonders" but informative and available in both English and Chinese.
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Other

Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an interestng clearinghouse of Pynchon information.
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York University

York University: Color and Color Vision

For Students 9th - 10th
York University provides an index page to several other pages on the topic of color and color vision. The pages are part of an online "book." Many graphics and explanations.
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Other

Welcome Aboard Theodore Taylor's Life and Times

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the official website of writer Theodore Taylor. Includes biographical information, a personal narrative about his childhood, a bibliography, and responses to several student questions.
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Other

Pat Mora: Personal Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything a person wants to know about Pat Mora. This is her own personal page. It has links to her nonfiction, her poetry, her children's books and interviews with her. There are some great resources for teachers at this site. Students...
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Curated OER

National Park Service: International Civil Rights Walk of Fame: Jesse Jackson, Sr.

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a succinct biography on the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. and his role as a Civil Rights Leader.
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Other

Greenpeace: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site about the Green Peace organization.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century: Gender and Sexuality

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how 20th-century literature explored, questioned, and exploded traditional ideas of gender roles and sexuality.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century: Exploring Identity

For Students 9th - 11th
Examine how writers have explored identity - through the prisms of ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality - in the modern world.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century: Capturing and Creating the Modern

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the ways in which writers captured the fast-changing world around them during the 20th Century.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century: 20th Century Theatre

For Students 9th - 10th
Find close readings, critical interpretations, and personal responses to the works of key 20th-century playwrights and practitioners, including Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Shelagh Delaney, and Timberlake Wertenbaker.
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My Science Site

Life Systems: Cells, Tissues, Organs

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive site for teachers provides some helpful resources that pertain to plant and animal cells. Includes a microscope diagram as well as plant, animal and pond labs. Also contains links to structures and mechanisms, matter and...

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