Accessible Science Activities

Hands-on activity for students who are blind or visually impaired to use formula triangles to solve 3-variable equations.

Adapted 3-Variable Formula Triangle

Hands-on activity to introduce students who are blind or visually impaired to the study of sound by making a sound maker or instrument.

Making a Musical Instrument - An Introduction to the Study of Sound

This hands-on activity is designed to teach students who are blind or visually impaired causes of friction.

Causes of Friction - Surface

An activity for students who are blind or visually impaired to use Borax and water to create crystals on textured pipe cleaners.

Borax Crystal Ornaments

Activity exploring Newton's Third Law of Motion for students who are blind or visually impaired.

Motion and Forces: Newton's Third Law of Motion

Description of adapting a triple beam balance for use by students who are blind or visually impaired.

Adapting a Triple Beam Balance

This is a simple model of centripetal force.

Centripetal Force Model

The activity described is a "model" of the atom describing the relative distance between the nucleus and the electrons in an atom.

Atom Walk

Students who are blind and visually impaired learn base units and prefixes in the metric system by walking a kilometer.

Hands-on activity to teach students who are blind or visually impaired about inertia and mass to illustrate Newton's Second Law.

Motion and Forces: Newton's Second Law of Motion

This physical science activity explores motion and force with students who are visually impaired to help them better understand Newton's First Law of Motion.

Motion and Forces: Newton's First Law of Motion

A hands on activity for students who are blind and visually impaired to measure mass using pennies.

Mass of a Penny Lab

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