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Accessible Science: Student Projects
Student-designed experiments and research projects can help to teach methods of scientific inquiry, as well as to bolster motivation and confidence.
Student-designed experiments and research projects can help to teach methods of scientific inquiry, as well as to bolster motivation and confidence.
Students from Perkins School for the Blind and Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) share their projects. Some of these were done in the classroom and some were done for a Science Fair.
We invite you to browse their projects and get inspiration for yourself or your students!
- Adding Mentos to Soda
- Aqua Tunes: Why Do We Hear Sounds Differently Underwater?
- An Audiogame Adventure
- Baking Soda and Vinegar’s Reaction
- Bubble Experiment
- Building a Water Wheel
- Can the Boiling Point of Water be Changed?
- Can a Taste Make Your Heart Race?
- Can You Beatbox?
- Chocolate Thunder
- Coffee Shop: Caffeine Experiment
- Comparing Number Memorization in Tactile vs. Visual Readers
- Comparing Spiciness of Chili
- Different Types of Chocolate Melting
- Dolphin Talk: How Do Dolphins Communicate with One Another?
- The Effect of Music on Memory
- Elephant Toothpaste
- Expiration Date Tracking App
- Forensic Chemistry: What it is and what it does
- The Heartbeat of Music
- Hearty Smells
- Help a droopy plant!
- How Different Vinegars Affect Reactions
- How Does Wingspan Affect Flight Distance?
- How Motors Work
- How Whale Sounds Travel Underwater
- Insulation Sensation
- The Lifeline Trials
- Magnetic Attractions
- Making Waves
- Marble Raceway: Investigating The Effect of Size on Speed
- Measuring the Bounciness of Balls
- The Monstrous Mentos Explosion
- Penny Destroyer
- R.I.P. Pinky (Rest in Peace Pinky)
- Shocking Snacks
- “Speak to Me”: Speakers and Microphones
- Time and Energy
- Track Testing Remote Control Cars
- Water, Plants, and Seeds
- Water Waves: What Creates Ocean Waves?
- Water’s Great Escape
- We All LOVE Ice Cream
- What Does a Plant Need?
- Which Fingerprint is Most Common?
- Will Tom’s Plant Perish?
- You’re Torturing My Ears
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