Science

Assessment

• Assessment Kit:  Kit of Informal Tools for Academic Students with Visual Impairments

Chemistry

• Braille Code for Chemical Notation 1997

Curricula

• Curriculum for Teaching the Visually Impaired
• SAVI:  Science Activities for the Visually Impaired

Functional Skills - Science

• Functional Academics:  A Curriculum for Students with Visual Impairments

Instructional Aids

• American Printing House for the Blind (Science Related Products)
• Edmund Scientifics
• Exceptional Teaching Aids
• LS&S Group
• Maxi Aids
• Science Products for the Blind
• Science Tactiles

Instructional Strategies

• A Teacher's Guide To The Special Educational Needs of Blind and Visually Handicapped Children 
• Social Studies and Science, in Koenig and Holbrook (Eds.) Foundations of Education, Second Edition, Volume II:  Instructional Strategies for Children and Youths with Visual Impairments
• Inclusion in Science Education for Students with Disabilities
• Laboratory Task Accommodations:  Visual Impairments

Learning Nemeth Code

• The Computerized Nemeth Code Tutor
• Hadley School for the Blind (Courses in Nemeth Code)
• Learning the Nemeth Braille Code:  A Manual for Teachers and Students
• The Nemeth Code Self-Study for the Braille Literate

Producing Nemeth Code

• MacKichan Software (Scientific Notebook)
• Metroplex Voice Computing

Resources

• Do It Program

Tactile Graphics

• Science Tactiles
• See Tactile Graphics section

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Science Resources

ID #	Title	Annotation	Author	Media	Category
SC1	SAVI: Science Activities for the Visually Impaired	The program consists of nine modules with printed activity instructions and other informal materials for the teacher, student equipment kits, and an educational philosophy for incorporating science into the curriculum of disabled students.	L. DeLucchi, J. Gammon, S. Jagoda, L. Malone and H. Their		Curricula
SC3	Braille Code for Chemical Notation 1997	A reference guide for braille and chemical notations.	N/A		Resources
SC4	Curriculum for Teaching the Visually Impaired	This teaching manual provides special educators and regular education teachers with information needed to teach regular curricular areas as well as specialized skills to visually impaired students. ASIN: 039804161X	J. M. Rhyne		Curricula
SC6	Laboratory Task Accommodations: Visual Impairments	This is a list of materials used with different laboratory tasks to make it safe and accommodating for visually impaired students.	N/A		Instructional Strategies
SC7	Functional Academics: A Curriculum for Students with Visual Impairments	A curriculum designed for students in which a developmental or academic approach to learning is inappropriate. It includes activities and teaching strategies.	S. Hauser, N. Levack, L. Newton		Functional Skills
SC8	Exceptional Teaching Aids	Catalog of products used for the instruction of visually impaired students.	N/A		Instructional Aids
SC9	A Teacher's Guide To The Special Educational Needs of Blind and Visually Handicapped Children	This book provides instructional strategies for teaching the visually impaired. ASIN: 0891281088	S. Mangold		Instructional Strategies
SC10	Social Studies and Science, in Koenig and Holbrook (Eds.) Foundations of Education, Second Edition, Volume II: Instructional Strategies for Children and Youth With Visual Impairments	This chapter contains ideas for modifying the general education curriculum for students understanding of the material and the importance of the collaboration between the general education teacher and the teacher of the visually impaired. ISBN: 0891283390	D. Ross and M. Robinson		Instructional Strategies
SC5	MaxiAids	Catalog of products for the promotion of independence in persons with visual impairments.	N/A		Instructional Aids
SC11	LS&S Group	Catalog of products for the promotion of independence in persons with visual impairments.	N/A		Instructional Aids
SC12	Assessment Kit: Kit of Informal Tools for Academic Students with Visual Impairments	This kit brings together informal checklists, suggestions for format, assessment materials that you may want to buy, informal reading inventories and assessment of compensatory skills.	D. Sewell		Assessment
SC13	American Printing House for the Blind (Science Related Products)	Vendor of products used with teaching the visually impaired (science products include a tactile thermometer and tactile anatomy atlas).	N/A		Instructional Aids
SC14	Science Tactiles	TAEVIS is an electronic library containing over 2,500 tactile diagrams used by students at Purdue University.	N/A		Instructional Aids, Tactile Graphic
SC15	Science Products for the Blind	Catalog of products available at: PO Box 888 Southeastern, PA 19399 1-800-888-7400	N/A	Misc.	Instructional Aids
SC16	Do It Program	This is a living document of information for those interested in opportunities for the disabled, teaching the disabled and networking with others.	N/A		Resources
SC17	Inclusion in Science Education for Students with Disabilities	This website provides teaching strategies and resources for including those with disabilities in science education.	N/A		Instructional Strategies
SC18	Edmund Scientifics	This catalog includes many products for scientific experiments. It also includes a video microscope.	N/A		Instructional Aids
SC19	MacKichan Software (Scientific Notebook)	This software can convert Scientific Notebook files to Nemeth Code.	N/A		Producing Nemeth Code
SC20	Metroplex Voice Computing	Voice recognition package which can be used with Scientific Notebook to produce Nemeth Code.	N/A		Producing Nemeth Code
SC21	The Computerized Nemeth Code Tutor	For the sighted person, this computer program is downloadable and helps one improve his/her Nemeth skills.	G. Kapperman, J. Henry, M. Cortesi, Toni Heinze and J. Stricken		Learning Nemeth Code
SC22	Hadley School for the Blind	Distance course work available to those working with visually impaired students to increase their skills in Nemeth code.	N/A		Learning Nemeth Code
SC23	Learning the Nemeth Braille Code: A Manual for Teachers and Students	This manual is a text for learning those parts of the Nemeth Code likely to be used in elementary school, junior high school and high school mathematics.	R. H. Craig		Learning Nemeth Code
SC24	The Nemeth Code Self-Study for the Braille Literate	Designed to be used by blind individuals to learn to red and write the Nemeth Code for Braille mathematics, or to refresh skills using this code.	N/A		Learning Nemeth Code