Science
 Adapting Science for Students with Visual
Impairments: A Handbook for the Classroom
Teacher and TVI
 Azer's Interactive Periodic Table Study Set
(atom model, electron configuration, balancing
equations)
 Bunsen Burner/Hot Plate
 Calculator type____________________
 Compass
 Dissection of _____________________
 DNA/RNA kit
 DNA twist
 Genetic Code Large Print Braille tables
 Drawing
o Draftsman Drawing Board
o Graphic art tape
o Point symbols I and II
o Star stickers
 Food Pyramid
 Genetic Code
 Globe
 Graphing on a coordinate grid
o Graphic Aid for Mathematics (rubber
graph board)
o Graph paper (dark print or tactile)
o Dot marker collection
o Sticky foam sheets
o Brass fasteners
 Maps
o Relief map for desk use
o US & Canada tactile/print atlas
o State maps collection NE
o State maps collection SE
o State maps collection Central
o State maps collection Western
o Recognizing landforms
o Maps represent real places
o Braille Transcribers kit: US Maps
o Braille Transcribers kit: Countries &
Continents
o National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our
Fifty States
o World at Your Fingers
o US puzzle map
 Measuring Length-metric or standard (length?)
o CCTV ruler (standard 6 in, metric 15 cm)
o 1 foot Metric/English (braille only)
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Yardstick
Meterstick (braille only)
Standard measuring tape
Metric measuring tape
Flexible meterstick
Click ruler
Talking tape measure
Stick on tactile ruler
Large Print/Braille Toss-Away Ruler
(7 in/17 cm)
Measuring liquids
Measuring weight or mass
Microscope
Models (brain, ear, eye, heart, pregnancy, skin)
Periodic table
Punnett Squares (2x2 or 4x4)
Spring scales
Thermometers
o Demonstration
o Tactile
o Talking
Timer/Stopwatch
Trays(sides/compartments for equipment, etc.)
Vernier probes
Weather
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Available Graphics which are Tactile and Braille
 Sense of Science: Plants
o Bean Seed
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o Flower
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o Leaf
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 Sense of Science: Animals
o Ant
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o Bird
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o Butterfly
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o Butterfly life cycle
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 Sense of Science: Astronomy
o Circumplar
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constellations
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o Cross section of the
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sun
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o Galaxy types
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o Lunar eclipse
o Milky way galaxy
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o Moon phase cards
 Life Science Tactile Graphics
o 1 Light or Compound Microscope
o 2 Cell Sizes and Shapes
o 3 Comparing Animal and Plant Cells
o 4 Mitochondrion
o 5 Chloroplast
o 6 Prokaryotic Cell
o 7 Bacterial Types
o 8 DNA
o 9 DNA Double Helix
o 10 DNA Replication
o 11 Translation
o 12 Chromosome Duplication
o 13 Cell Cycle Chart
o 14 Mitosis
o 15 Meiosis I
o 16 Meiosis II
o 17 Non-Disjunction in Meiosis I
o 18 Non-Disjunction in Meiosis II
o 19 Fertilization
o 20 Viral Replication
o 21 Membrane Transport 1
o 22 Membrane Transport 2
o 23 Pedigree
o 24 Forelimb Bones
o 25 Comparative Embryology
o 26 Skin Cross-Section
o 27 Neuron
o 28 The Eye
Leaf Types
Log Cross-Section
Seedling
o Taproot System
o Tree
Fish
Frog life cycle
Mouse
Snake
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Orbit of the comet
Our solar system
Phases of the moon
Planetary orbits
Planets: Quick Fact
Cards
Relative distances of
the planets
o Relative sizes of the
planets
o Solar eclipse
o Space shuttle
o Ursa major/Ursa
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Spider
Spider web
Tracks
Turtle
The Ear
Using Lenses for Vision Correction
Sense of Taste
Leaf Cross-Section
Tree Canopy & Roots
Vascular Structure of Wood
Plant Intake and Output
Moss Life Cycle
Fern Life Cycle
Pine Life Cycle
Parts of a Flower
Monocot and Dicot Seeds
Seed Germination
Sponge
Sponge Life Cycle
Cnidarian Stinging Cell
Cnidarian Life Cycle
Flatworm and Roundworm
Snail Body Plan
Insect Metamorphosis
Insect Feeding Adaptations
Fish Internal Organs
Fish Skeleton
Amniotic Egg
Bird Flight Adaptations
Water Cycle
Carbon Cycle
Food Web
 Basic Science Tactile Graphics
o 1 Leaf Shapes and Veins
o 2 Parts of a Seed (Cutaway View)
o 3 Germination of a Bean Plant (Three
Stages)
o 4 Parts of a Flower
o 5 Fertilization
o 6 Types of Roots
o 7 Plant Cell
o 8 Sea Anemone
o 9 Flatworms
o 10 Segmented Worm
o 11 Insect
o 12 Egg (Cutaway View)
o 13 Mitosis
o 14 Virus
o 15 Valve Inside Vein (Cutaway View)
o 15 Blood Flow from Artery to Vein
o 16 The Eye—Front View
o 17 Parts of the Eye (Cutaway Side View)
o 18 Image Formation on Retina
o 18 Refraction
o 19 Reflection
o 20 Curved Mirrors
o 21 Sound Frequencies
o 22 (Key)
o 23 North American Air Masses
o 24 Cold Front
o 25 Warm Front
o 26 Weather Symbols/Weather Map of
United States
o 27 The Atmosphere
o 28 Earth’s Layers
o 29 Volcano Formation (Cutaway View)
 Basic Tactile Anatomy Atlas – Volume I
o 1 Anterior View of the Skeleton
o 2 Anterior View of Skull
o 3 Typical Vertebra
o 4 Scapula
o 5 Typical Long Bone
o 6 Bones of the Hand
o 7 Bones of the Foot
o 8 Anterior View of Muscles
o 9 Posterior View of Muscles
o 10 Superficial Back Muscles
o 30 Earthquake Shifts Earth Layers
o 31 World Map Showing Earthquake
Zones
o 32 Map of Earthquake and Volcano
Zones
o 33 Ocean Floor (Cutaway View)
o 34 Moon’s Effect on Tides
o 35 Wave Braking on Shore
o 36 Sunlight on the Moon and Earth
o 36 Moon Phases
o 37 Summer and Winter Sunlight
o 38 Direct Rays and Slanting Rays
o 39 Elliptical Paths of Planets Around the
Sun
o 40 (Key)
o 41 The Solar System
o 42 Stars in the Milky Way Galaxy
o 43 States of Matter
o 43 Atom
o 44 Molecules and Compounds
o 44 Water Molecule
o 45 Field Around Bar Magnet
o 46 Fields Around Magnetic Poles
o 47 Inside a Battery
o 47 Flow of Current
o 48 Circuitry Symbols
o 48 Simple Circuit Diagram
o 49 Inside a Light Bulb
o 50 Airflow Around Wing (Side View)
o 50 Forces Acting on Airplane in Flight
o 51 Propulsion
o 52 Powering a Rocket
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Components of a Cell
Multipolar Neuron
Lateral View of Brain
Lobes of the Brain
The Eye
The Ear
Endocrine Glands
Pituitary Gland
Pancreas
 Basic Tactile Anatomy Atlas – Volume II
o 20 Anterior View of the Heart
o 35 Position of Abdominal Organs
o 21 Posterior View of the Heart
o 36 Position of Abdominal Organs
o 22 Circulation Through the Heart
o 37 Position of Abdominal Organs
o 23 Arterial Pulse Points
o 38 Stomach
o 24 Blood Cells
o 39 Biliary Apparatus and Pancreas
o 25 Lymph Node Regions
o 40 Interior of Kidney
o 26 Paranasal Sinuses
o 41 Male Pelvis
o 27 Superior View of Larynx
o 42 Female Pelvis
o 28 Respiratory Passages
o 43 Female Reproductive System
o 29 Interior of the Lung
o 44 Ovulation and Implantation of Ovum
o 30 Lung Alveolus and Capillary
o 45 Fertilization
o 31 Nose, Mouth, Pharynx
o 46 Structure of a Chromosome
o 32 Oral Cavity
o 47 Structure of DNA
o 33 Salivary Glands
o 48 Mitosis
o 34 Structure of a Tooth
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3-D Microscopic Models
o Plate 1 Relative sizes and petri dish
1. Staphylococcus epidermidis,
1. Life sized water flea models,
Staphylococcus aureus, Peptococcus &
bacterium, and viruses
Peptostreptococcus
2. Model Petri dish with colonies
2. Streptococcus viridans, Streptococcus
o Plate 2 Viruses
pyogenes
1. Papillomavirus
3. Streptococcus pneumoniae
2. Adenovirus
4. Lactobacillus, Listeria
3. Reovirus
5. Bacillus species & Bacillus anthracis
4. Calicivirus
6. Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium
5. Enterovirus, Rhinovirus
tetani, Clostridium botulinum
6. Hepatitis B virus
7. Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
7. Herpes I & II viruses, Varicella Zoster
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare,
virus
Mycobacterium leprae
8. Smallpox virus
8. Streptomyces
o Plate 3 Viruses
9. Corynebacterium diphtheria
1. Influenza virus Mumps virus Rubeola
10. Mycoplasma pneumonia
virus
o Plate 5 Bacteria, chemoorganotrophic
2. Human immunodeficiency virus
gram negative
3. Corona virus
1. Neisseria meningitides, Neisseria
4. Western equine encephalitic virus,
gonorrhea
Eastern equine encephalitic virus,
2. & 3. Bacteria with flagella, Escherichia
Venezuelan equine encephalitic virus
coli, Salmonella species, Salmonella
Rubella virus
typhi, Shigella, Yersinia entercolitica,
5. Viruses for: Yellow fever, West Nile
Yersinia pestis
Disease, Hepatitis C, Saint Louis
4. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
encephalitic disease
5. Helicobacter pylori
6. Rabies virus
6. Campylobacter jejunum
7. Ebola virus
7. Vibrio cholerae
o Plate 4 Bacteria, chemoorganotrophic
8. Legionella pneumophila
gram positive
9. Bacteroides species
10. Fusobacterium species
o Plate 6 Bacteria, chemoorganotrophic
gram negative and chemolithotrophic
1. Bdellovibrio
2. Haemophilus influenza
3. Bordetella pertussis, Pasteurella
multocida
4. Francisella tularensis
5. Treponema pallidum, Leptospira,
Borrelia
6. Zoogloea
7. Rhizobium
8. Thiobacillus
9. Nitrosomonas
10. Gallionella
o Plate 7 Bacterial genetic exchange
1. Conjunction
2. Transduction
3. Transformation
o Plate 8 Bacteria, phototrophic
1. Anabaena
2. Aphanizomenon
3. Cylindrospermopsis
o Plate 9 Bacteria, phototrophic
1. Oscillatoria, Planktothrix
2. Pseudanabaena
3. Arthrospira, Spirulina
4. Microcystis
o Plate 10 Archaea
1. Sulfolobus
2. Halococcus
3. Haloferax
4. Haloquadratum
5. Archeoglobus
6. Methanogenium
7. Methanosarcina
8. Methanospirillum
o Plate 11 Protists, amoebae
1. Proteus
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2. Entamoeba histolytica
3. Acanthamoeba and Naegleria
Plate 12 Protists, ciliates
1. Paramecium
2. Vorticella
3. Lacrymaria
Plate 13 Protists, flagellates and coccidia
1. Euglena
2. Giardia
3. Cryptosporidium
Plate 14 Protists, blood parasites
1. Trypanosome
2. Plasmodium
Plate 15 Protists, unicellular algae
1. Rhodomonas
2. Cyclotella
3. Fragillaria
4. Peridinium
Plate 16 Protists, colonial and
filamentous algae
1. Asterionella
2. Gametocyte
3. Spirogyra
Plate 17 Fungi, yeast and dimorphic
fungi
1. Candida albicans
2. Saccharomyces
3. Malassezia furfur, Malassezia
pachydermatous
4. Histoplasma
Plate 18 Fungi, molds
1. Trichophyton
2. Aspergillus
Plate 19 Metazoa
1. Rotifer
2. Nematode