Accessible Science Blog

Touch the Universe with these 3D printed materials from NASA and its Chandra and Hubble telescopes!
3D printed model of V745 Sco (double star system which exploded) and text, "Touch the Universe"

3D Printing the Universe
Use Microsoft Word templates to create quick and easy digital files for PIAF and Swell machines.
Print and tactile graphic machine file of Engineering Design Process Cycle Chart & text, "Using Word to create diagrams."

Creating Tactile Graphic Machine Images with Word: Cycle Chart
Turning satellite images into sounds!
Colorful Chandra telescope space image of our galaxy with text, " Sonification of Chandra Space Images"

Sonification of Chandra and Hubble Space Images
The sky's the limit! Learn about the Chandra telescope, accessible images from space, and free accessible teacher/student...
Photo of Chandra telescope in space and text, "Chandra X-ray Observatory"

Chandra X-Ray Observatory and Accessible Resources
Listen to these space-related images from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory!
Cat's Eye Nebula image from Chandra telescope with play button and text, "Visual Descriptions"

Visual Descriptions of Space Images
Learn about the vibrations of stars by listening to data from space telescopes!
White star with quick, small wavelengths and big red star with slow, big wave lengths: text, "Asterosiesmology."

Musical Fingerprints of Wobbly Stars
Use your talents during this 6-week art residency at the Baltimore Space Telescope Science institute!
image of space with sound wave and music notes.

Call for Space Sonification Art: Paid Summer Opportunity!
Comprehensive list of Paths to Technology posts on sonification.
Image of a sound wave with text, "Sonification Summary Page"

Sonification Summary Page
80+ tactile graphic images for geoscience education!
Image of a magmatic environments (active volcano) with text, "Geoscience Tactile Images"

Making Geology Accessible: Free Tactile Image Files
Multi-week lesson ideas for introducing a second grade student to audio graphs.
Second grade boy wearing a mask learning over a computer listening to audio graphs. Text, "Demos: Audio Graphs"

Desmos Audio Tracing: Introducing Sonified Graphs
A tech savvy high school student who is visually impaired shares tips when writing code using Swift Playgrounds.
Image of a computer with "Tech with Tyler" and text, "Debugging Swift Playgrounds Code"

How to Find and Fix Issues in Swift Playgrounds When using VoiceOver
Two quick and easy methods to create simple iPad overlays of screens with rows, grids, tables, etc. designed to develop spatial...
Photo of iPad, painter's tape, pen, pencil, scissors, and sensational blackboard with text, "Creating a tactile overlay".

Tactile to Digital Part 3: Creating a Tactile Overlay On the Go!

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