Event Details

CE Program/Activity
 Teaching Science to Young Children With Visual Impairments
Provider
 Perkins School for the Blind
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Location
 Available Online
Date(s)
 Available On Demand - self-paced
CE Hours
 2
Contact Information
 perkins.elearning@perkins.org
Registration Information
 https://www.perkinselearning.org/earn-credits/self-paced/teaching-science-young-children-visual-impairments
Fees
 $55.00
Description of CE Program/Activity
 The presentation will show that 2-9 year olds can have fun with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). Encouraging a multi-sensory approach to learning, the curriculum presented includes biological concepts such as digestion, properties of magnets, using simple machines, geometric shapes and graphs.Participants will be able to:Express various STEM concepts with inexpensive tactile materials.Adapt equipment and activities for STEM studies that can be used to instruct young students without sight and/or students with multi-sensory learning needs.Use strategies and activities presented to introduce STEM concepts to students who are blind and/or low vision in Pre-K through 4th grade levels.