Accessible Science Blog

Create a tactile telescope model that students with visual impairments can feel and explore!
Photo of Kate explaining the tactile telescope model to a high school student.

Accessible Astronomy: Tactile Telescope
Coding concept games are navigating through a maze; how can students with visual impairments access digital mazes?
Screenshot of CodeQueest app, with a path through 3x5 maze and text, "Teaching CodeQuest"

Teaching the CodeQuest App to Students who are Visually Impaired
Most of the information we receive from the universe is invisible to the human eye. This post will get you started learning about...
Two high school students smiling and wearing sunglasses with a large puzzle piece with a wavy line in front of them

Accessible Astronomy: A tactile electromagnetic spectrum
Introduction to a GLAS and the first in an exciting series of accessible, hands-on astronomy-related posts!
GLAS logo with a telescope on top of an observatory and Geneva Lake Astrophysics and STEAM; text, "Accessible Astronomy: Intro".

Accessible Astronomy - An Introduction to IDATA and GLAS Education
Learn about planets with CosmoBally in this fun interactive space-themed story!
Ballyland CosmoBally App logo: Ballylander with astronaut helmet in space.

Ballyland CosmoBally App
Searching for Paths to Technology posts on accessible coding concepts and coding? Check out this reference list!
Two elementary students working with a robot and computer in the background with text, "Coding Posts Summary"

Coding Posts Summary
Design and construct your tactile city and then navigate the Sphero robotic ball to various destinations!
Sphero ball rolling along street lined with lego house in the background & picket fence with text, "Sphero City".

Sphero City Activity
What to do, when? Order of coding concept activities and skills.
images of Sphero, Code & Go Mouse, Botley, and three arrow cards with the text, "Coding Concepts"

Sequencing Coding Concept Activities
How I configure my CentOS computer in my data science classroom lab for low vision accessibility.
CentOS Accessibility for Low Vision. www.veroniiiica.com

CentOS Accessibility for Low Vision
Learn about accessible digital charts and graphs!
Screenshot of a bar chart opened in SAS Graphics Accelerator with text, "SAS Graphics Accelerator Summary"

SAS Graphics Accelerator Summary Page
Transitioning between operating systems is never easy; this is the first post in a series on transitioning from Windows To Mac for...
Icon with Accessibility and speaker images. Text, "Getting Started with Voiceover on the Mac: Menu Bar, Desktop and Dock."

Getting Started with VoiceOver on the Mac: Menu Bar, Desktop, and Dock
Use this fun app to introduce digital tables to young students!
photo of iOS Positions in Table game with Wikki Stix outline of table and text, Accessible Digital Tables"

Introducing Accessible Digital Grid and Table

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