Equity

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Equity Access

• Assistive Technology in the Science Classroom

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Tasks for Science

• Performing experiments
• Recording observations
• Collecting Recording data (measuring)
• Analyzing Data - graphs
• Writing Science/Lab Reports
• Reading science textbooks, research
• Using scientific calculators, converting units
• Studying and Test taking
• List is not comprehensive, but examples

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VIEWSCREEN

• ViewScreen is a calculator screen magnifier
  designed for use by individuals with low vision.
  This calculator screen projector enlarges and
  projects the image of a graphing calculator
  display so that an entire class can view the
  screen, including students with low vision.
• It is designed to work with Texas Instruments
  graphing calculators, which show graphs and
  geometrical images on their displays.
• This product may be used with any standard
  overhead projector (not included). It can also be
  used with a light box (not included) for
  individual viewing. It comes with a carrying
  case, a ViewScreen liquid crystal display (LCD)
  panel, a calculator, a unit-to-unit link, a
  calculator poster, transparencies, and a
  guidebook.

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PC-SCOPE (Accessible Microscopes)

• The PC-Scope is a computer-controlled microscope
  designed for individuals with significant
  mobility limitations. This fully integrated
  microscopy system for material and life science
  applications has sample viewing, positioning, and
  illumination cont...
• Operation is achieved using a keyboard, mouse,
  joystick, voice command, head pointer, or any
  combination of these devices.
• This operation is intended to work in an
  environment free from the constraining postures
  required to operate other microscopes
• instant video image capture, storage, and
  retrieval on-screen sample feature measurement
  and density calculation microscopist isolation
  from potentially hazardous samples

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PRISM MONOCULARSstd low vision

• (MODELS 1670-820 1670-830)Prism Monoculars,
  models 1670-820 and 1670-830 are designed for a
  variety of functions for enlarging print for
  individuals with low vision. They can be used as
  a hand held telescope for viewing at a distance,
  as a hand held microscope for close-up view...
• The telescope magnifies 8x and the microscope
  magnifies 25x.
• This product may be purchased only through an eye
  care professional.
• This product is available from
• Manufacturer
• Eschenbach Optik of America, Inc. 904 Ethan
  Allen HighwayRidgefield, Connecticut
  06877United States 800-396-3886203-438-7471Fax
  203-431-4718 F http//eschenbach.cominfo_at_eschen
  bach.com

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COMPUTER PROGS FOR NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING
REHAB

• The Sbordone-Hall Memory Battery (375) provides
  the automatic assessment of 18 memory functions,
  and statistical analysis of the results.
• The Complex-Attention Rehabilitation Program
  (195 each) presents the user with a visual
  tracking task of increasing difficulty,
  controlled with a joystick.
• Problem Solving I teaches the user to tolerate
  increasing levels of frustration to complete a
  problem solving task.
• Problem Solving II presents a series of
  increasingly complex problem solving tasks, each
  of which adjusts in level of difficulty to the
  patient's performance and provides immediate
  feedback to the patient.

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Designed to be truly portable the PocketViewer
Color enables you to see more of what you want,
wherever you want. With superb color picture
quality you can read maps view photos and
illustrations and three-dimensional objects. Full
color display with high contrast display modes
(black/white and white/black). Magnifies objects
and text up to 7 times.
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• 44 piezoelectric braille cells.
• Change your keypad functions to suit your
  personal needs.
• Control speech, screen cursor and text attributes
  from the braille display.
• Since fully customizable, the user can modify it
  to suit needs of science input products.

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• This child-sized microscope displays images up to
  3,200 times larger with settings at 30X, 40X,
  60X, and 80X. Items can be viewed through an
  eye-piece or using the screen. It also includes
  accessories for preparing original slides, as
  well as several pre-made slides.

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• These easy-to-use, pre-adapted scissors allow
  students to participate in art and other
  classroom cutting activities.

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• Use photographs, drawings, clippings from
  newspapers and magazines and more to create a
  24-page talking flip book. With 10 seconds of
  recording time per page, the Talking Photo Album
  can be used for instructions, as an interactive
  storyteller, to make a family or classroom photo
  album.

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• Bristle blocks can be connected easily, children
  with developmental disabilities can create
  complex structures.
• Can be used to represent various structures
  within science.

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KURZWEIL 3000 FOR WINDOWS

• Optical character recognition and test program
  designed for students with learning disabilities
• Software scans and reads aloud text using
  synthetic speech
• As the text is read, words are highlighted
  allowing the readers to see, hear, and read to
  build reading accuracy, speed, and comprehension

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ELMO PRESENTER

• Used to present any two or three-dimensional
  object
• Shown on a computer or through a projection
  device
• Manipulation of objects is possibly and results
  are seen in real time

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