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Paul,

A number of howtosmile.org solar system activities can be easily adapted for visually impaired students. Search "solar" in the SMILE activity search box, and a number of activities about solar system size and scope come up, including Solar System Bead Distance http://www.howtosmile.org/record/1390 (which could be adapted with different shapes rather than colors of beads) and Build A Solar System http://www.howtosmile.org/record/8534.

Howtosmile.org also has more than 100 activities specifically noted for visually impaired learners at
http://www.howtosmile.org/resourcesearch?ddssearch_q=&ddssearch_materials_q=&accessibility%5B%5D=Blind+or+visually+impaired&verb=Search.

Deb Rose


On Nov 5, 2012, at 10:08 AM, Paul Spana wrote:

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> I was contacted by a 5th grade teacher who is currently teaching her
> students about the solar system. The class includes visually impaired
> children. She asked if materials existed she could use to teach these
> students the concepts of the solar system. Is anyone aware of existing
> materials that teach a tactile method of the solar system? The teacher
> has located posters representing nebulas in relief, but not the planets.
> I would appreciate any thoughts you may have to pass along to her and
> her class.
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> Thanks, Paul
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