Biology

Biology teachers will find teaching tips and advice for creating biological models for students who are blind or visually impaired.

Biology, Perkins School for the Blind
Examples of accessible biology lessons are provided by experienced teachers of the visually impaired.

Biology Teaching Tips, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Maylene Bird shares teaching tips on cells, microscopes, diagrams and models, dissecting, and measuring.

A Brief Guide to Common Birds, Natural History Education, Science, Technology
This guide describes 28 of the most common birds in North America, with a recording of their voices; includes a listing of different habitats and the birds common to each.

Building Cell Models for Biology, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Maylene Bird provides step-by-step instructions for building cell models for biology, including ideas for organelles and sample cell diagrams.

The Cell Cycle, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Maylene Bird and Karen Poston share ideas for creating a braille diagram of the cell cycle.  The article includes step-by-step instructions and photographs of student-created diagrams.

Punnett Squares (P-square) – Diagramming Genetics, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Maylene Bird and Karen Poston describe how to use "brailled squares or dark lined large squares on a whole sheet of paper with binder clips to represent the dominant and recessive traits."  They include diagrams that can be downloaded in various formats.

Web-based Organizations and Internet Resources

Biology: Tips and Materials, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
This page has links to various biology lessons, a list of errors and omissions in the Holt Biology Book (2004), and diagrams that can be downloaded to accompany the text.