Accessible Science Blog

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
Quest, an application for creating text game adventures
The Quest text game creation software logo

Quest
How I use the Brainfuse app with low vision to help me with my physics homework. A free resource from my local library!
Brainfuse online tutoring review. www.veroniiiica.com

Brainfuse Online Tutoring Review
Fun activities that apply coding and engineering concepts using simple robots, part 2.
Image of a man kneeling and placing duct tape on a ramp leading to a tunnel bridge with a Sphero ball at the bottom of the ramp.

Coding and STEM: Robot Obstacle Challenges 2 (Hurricane Dorian)
Picture in a Flash uses special paper & heat to create raised line drawings. This article outlines the basics of the process and...
Graphed line equation being inserted into a PIAF machine & text, "Picture in a Flash" A Tactile Image is Worth a Thousand Words"

Picture in a Flash: A Tactile Image is Worth a Thousand Words

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