Accessible Science Activities

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

Causes of Friction - Surface

This model is of the phases of the Moon for students who are blind or visually impaired.

Moon Phases - Tactile Graphic

This activity describes walking a student through the phases of the Moon utilizing a fan as the Sun and the student on a rolling stool as the Moon.

Phases of the Moon - Active Model

Hands-on activity to help students who are blind or visually impaired understand endocytosis and exocytosis by making models.

Modeling Endocytosis and Exocytosis

Activity adapted for students who are blind and visually impaired to get a better understand of chromosomal mutations.

Modeling Chromosomal Mutations

This is a simple model of a chromosome that is accessible to students who are blind or visually impaired.

Simple Model of a Chromosome

This activity is designed as both instruction and assessment of the parts of the microscope and the function of each part.

Parts of a Microscope - Lab

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

In this activity, students "discover" the parts of the cell represented by objects related to the functions of the cell organelles.

Cell Activity - Room as a Cell

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

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