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Science Resources for Teachers
Browse our recommended books, videos, and web resources for teaching science.
You will find resources throughout the pages of the Accessible Science microsite. We have listed some of our favorite books, websites, and video collections on this page to make them easier to find. Instructional materials are listed with Adapted Materials for Science Instruction.
Books
- Accessible Science Education for Students With Visual Impairments by Tiffany Wild, Editor. (American Printing House for the Blind). The first title in APH Press’s STEM series, this book explores physics, biology, chemistry, geology, and astronomy, as well as arts-based and international science education. Leading professionals in the field introduce modern research and teaching methodologies that will unearth curiosity in the field of sciences for K–12 students. Focusing on practical application, this book will be a pocket guide for science educators working with students who are blind and visually impaired. Release date: March 2025
- Adapting Science for Students with Visual Impairments: A Handbook for the Classroom Teacher and Teacher of the Visually Impaired by Rosanne Hoffmann, Ph.D. Project Leader and Elaine Kitchel, M.Ed. Project Assistant. (American Printing House for the Blind, 2006). This free resource from American Printing House for the Blind (APH) has numerous suggestions for making science accessible to students who are blind or who have low vision.
- Making Science Accessible: A Guide for Teaching Introductory Physics to Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired by Michele Engelbrecht and Kate Fraser. (Perkins School for the Blind: 2010). Offers a variety of multisensory activities, suggestions for easy adaptations and readily available equipment that can help students with visual impairments learn basic physics concepts.
- Science Literacy: A Curriculum for ALL Students with Sensory Impairments, Edited by Kate Fraser & Mary Zatta. (Perkins School for the Blind: 2016).
- STEM for Students with Blindness and Visual Impairments: Tenets of an Inclusive Classroom by Alexa Wandy (SUNY Education and Human Development Master’s Theses: 2020).
- Teacher’s Manual for Adapting Science Experiments for Blind and Visually Impaired, by Matthew Dion, Karen Hoffman, Amy Matter (Elmwood Resource Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand: 2000).
Videos from Perkins School for the Blind
- Accessible Science: Making Life Sciences Accessible to Students with Visual Impairments
- The Importance of Arrows in Science
- Low Vision: Measuring Liquids
- Measuring Dry Materials for the Student Who is Visually Impaired
- Measuring Liquids
- Safely Heating Water
- The Spine
- Strategies for Inclusive Science Education
- Successful Inclusion in the Public School Science Curriculum for Students who are Blind and Visually Impaired
- Tactile Science Lesson: Using Play-Doh
- Teaching Tactile Graphics
- The Use of Wikki Stix Within the Classroom
Additional Videos
- Equal Access: Science and Students with Sensory Impairments, TheDOITCenter.
- Science Techniques: Lab Experiments: Washington State School for the Blind
- Science Techniques: Lab Preparation, Washington State School for the Blind.
Web Resources
- Accessible Science on Pinterest
- International Network of STEM for the Blind and Low-Vision
- Making Science Labs Accessible to Students with Disabilities, DO-IT: Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology. By Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. University of Washington.
- National Science Teaching Association (NSTA)
- Resources for Teaching and Adapting Science Lessons for Students with Visual Impairments, WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM).
- Science Adaptations, Teaching Students with Visual Impairments.
- Science Lessons on Paths to Literacy
- Science Resources, Iowa Educational Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired. Includes:
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