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Look At Those Leaves!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Kids observe, classify, and measure tree leaves with a scientific eye. They examine leaves, group them according their attributes, and use standard units of measurement as they compare their sizes. They access a web site to learn how...
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Curated OER

The Slant on Slides Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
In this inclined planes activity, students investigate the effort force needed to move a 1 kg weight up a ramp to different distances on the ramp. Students calculate the work input and output for each trial as well as the efficiency of...
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K12 Reader

What Is a Glyph?

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
After reading a short passage about glyphs, kids must follow the provided directions to create a star glyph.
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Perkins School for the Blind

Planning a Special Event

For Teachers 5th - 12th
I love planning parties, they are a great way to get social, require organizational skills, and engage cooperative problem solving. Teens with visual impairments put their heads together to plan an event for their friends. They choose an...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Modified Kickball

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Kickball is a classic recess game that everybody should play at least once. Included here is a wonderful set of instructions that describe how you can modify the game to make it accessible to children with low or no visual ability....
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Perkins School for the Blind

Modified T-Ball

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Baseball can be so entertaining! Here are a few great ideas you can use to get your learners with visual impairments out on the old ball field. A sound-enhanced pitching device or T-ball stand is used to alert players when it's time to...
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Dick Blick Art Materials

Matisse Prints du Soleil

For Teachers K - 12th
The sun provides the link between this art and science activity. Kids use sunlight (or light from an artificial source) to produce heliographic prints on fabric or paper.
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Museum of Disability

Don't Call Me Special

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Introduce young learners to the idea of disabilities and making friends with children who are different than they are. Using Don't Call Me Special - A First Look at Disability by Pat Thomas, learners are guided through the new vocabulary...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Special Friends: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 9)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Enhance language proficiency with a Special Friends themed English language development unit. Each lesson follows a listen, speak, move, and/or look routine that is guaranteed to get your scholars discussing topics such as animal...
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Disability Awareness Activity Packet

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th Standards
Bring awareness to disabilities with a packet consisting of a variety of activities designed to inform scholars about disabilities—autism, hearing impairments, physical disabilities, and more! Learners test their communication skills,...
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DiscoverE

Helping Hand

For Students 6th - 12th
Sometimes we all need a helping hand. Scholars get together to lend a hand in creating an assistive device that must be able to grab a hard-to-reach object. Now that's some help we could all use!
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Handout
Museum of Disability History

Adaptive Sports and Recreational Games

For Teachers 5th - 12th
It's truly amazing how people with physical disabilities are able to find ways to overcome their impairments. Their tremendous perseverance is evident in this handout that describes the ways different sports, ranging from bowling...
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Curated OER

Elementary Reading: Five Passages with Questions

For Students 3rd - 5th
Five brief readings with questions support practice with various literacy skills. In some cases, learners identify whether underlined words are spelled correctly. Other times, they answer reading comprehension questions about the text or...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Olympians Don't Quit

For Students 5th - 6th
In this social studies worksheet, students will focus on various aspects of the Olympics. Students will complete a word search and 30 fill in the blank questions about the subject.
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Living Together as One

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The ultra-glamorous Muppet, Miss Piggy, launches a study of discrimination and ways to develop a more inclusive community.  A series of videos and activities raise awareness of discrimination and journal prompts asks participants to...
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Cool Line

For Teachers K - 3rd
This dance activity focuses on lots of arm movements. Arm circles, raise-the-roof, swinging arms, and clapping are the main arm movements. There is movement stepping right and stepping left as well as steps forward and steps backward. It...
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Slopes for the Mathematically Inclined

For Students 9th
In this slope worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 6 different problems that include completing charts and applying applications to the real world. First, they use the pictures shown to measure the riser and tread of 3 consecutive...
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Disability Awareness Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students gain an understanding of how activities should be modified for the physically challenged.
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Yoga Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students spread out into personal space. 2-3 taggers are then chosen and given Frisbees.Taggers can't throw Frisbees, only tag with them. Teacher decides which yoga move students who are tagged do. If student is tagged he freezes in...
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Slope Exploration

For Students 9th
In this slope exploration activity, 9th graders solve and complete 18 different problems that include graphing and investigating the slope of various equations. First, they graph each pair of points and draw a line that contains both...
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Curated OER

Building Sensitivity and Awareness

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recognize the needs, disabilities and attitudes of seniors. In this sensitivity awareness lesson, students work with residents of a senior citizen residence and build a relationship with a senior. Students simulate the...
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Curated OER

Not Just a Bag of Beans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners determine the types of natural selection and variation that exists in a population, using beans.
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Curated OER

Simple Machines: Inclined Plane

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars use an inclined plane to move a heavy load.
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Curated OER

Technology: Biomedical Engineering

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in activities simulating various disabilities. After discussions, they work in teams to devise or improve on adaptive devices for people with disabilities. They include drawings of the tools they design and explain...

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