Accessible Science Blog

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
Challenge your students with this fun activity only requires plastic cups, a couple of command cards and brain power!
Photo of 3 cups stacked in pyramid formation, tactile coding card, arrows depicting code, & tactile code guide. Unplugged Coding

Coding Unplugged: My Robotic Friends Activity
3D printed resources for teachers of students with visual impairments!
Photo of Rich and wind tunnel activityl (3D printed model of WWII wing) and text, "3D printed teaching models".

3D Printed Teaching Models
In this post I describe and present video demonstrations of the use of various types of styluses with the Noteshelf 2 and PDF Expert...
Four types of styluses with title of post on picture

Note-taking Applications for the iPad: Part 3
Tips for TVIs and science teachers to set up an accessible science classroom for students who are blind or who have low vision
Two boys with visual impairments in science classroom

Setting Up the Science Classroom for Students with Visual Impairments
Take a quick glimpse of these charts using your ears. What???
Colorful sound waves with text, "Sonification: Sounds with Meaning"

Sonification: Sounds with Meaning Activity

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