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Adapting Science for Students with Visual Impairments
This free resource has numerous suggestions for making science accessible to students who are blind or who have low vision.
Adapting Science for Students with Visual Impairments (2006) is a handbook from American Printing House for the Blind (APH) for classroom teachers and teachers of students who are blind or visually impaired (TVIs). It provides suggestions for making science accessible to students with vision loss and is available in print or braille as a free download. It includes:
- Advance Preparation Checklist alerting the teacher to orientation and safety issues
- Skills Checklist readying the student for laboratory and classroom activities
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Student with a Visual Impairment in the Science Laboratory
- Chapter 2: Safety in the Science Laboratory or Classroom
- Chapter 3: Scientific Method and Experimental Design
- Chapter 4: Using Scientific Equipment: Adaptations for the Science Student with a Visual Impairment
- Chapter 5: Models and Teaching the Visually Impaired
- Chapter 6: Data Collection, Presentation, and Reporting
- Advance Preparation Checklist
- Skills Checklist
By Laura Hospitál
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