Standard Focus

SP1.Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the relationship between distance,
displacement, speed, velocity, and acceleration as functions of time

Mild Intellectual Impairment

Low Tech Tool Options

Visual Aids: Use a toy car moving in different directions at varying speeds. Discuss how
speed is the rate of movement while velocity includes both speed and direction.

Practical examples: Use a simple path drawn on paper with markers showing the distance
traveled and the direct path (displacement) between two points.

High Tech Tool Options

Simulations/Models: Show how a car gradually speeds up or slows down, indicating changes
in velocity and discussing how acceleration influences this change

Adaptive Computer Interfaces: Customized computer interfaces with specialized input devices
like adaptive keyboards, switch systems, or eye-tracking technology can enable students with
physical impairments to interact with digital physics simulations, software, or online learning
platforms

App Options

Brain Parade's See.Touch.Learn: Offers customizable picture card lessons to aid learning.

TouchChat: Provides communication assistance through symbols, pictures, and speech

output.

Universal Design Ideas

Assistive Technology: Support students in using assistive technology that aligns with their
individual needs and preferences. This could include speech-to-text software, screen readers,
or tactile tools.

Options for Comprehension: Bridge concepts with analogies, big ideas, patterns, and critical
features

Attention Disorder
Low Tech Tool Options

Real-Life Examples: Can use the visual of cars to explain the relationship of speed,
acceleration, and time.

Diagrams: Graphs can be plotted to show the relationship of acceleration, speed,

displacement, and time.

High Tech Tool Options

Interactive Simulators: Tools that simulate motion, such as PhET Simulations for Physics,
allow users to manipulate variables like time, distance, speed, and acceleration, offering a
hands-on approach to learning.

Mind-Mapping Tools: Applications like MindMeister or XMind can help organize complex ideas
visually, aiding in conceptualizing the relationships between distance, displacement, speed,
etc.

App Options

Khan Academy (iOS, Android): Offers a wide range of educational videos and exercises
covering physics concepts, providing a structured learning approach.

Labster (web-based): Provides virtual lab experiences, including experiments related to

motion and forces, offering a practical understanding of physics concepts.

Universal Design Ideas

Alternative Formats: Offer physics content through various formats, such as videos,
interactive simulations, tactile models, and hands-on experiments to cater to diverse learning
preferences.

Options for Physical Action: Provides alternatives to physically interacting with the content as
well as responding in the course through audio, voice recording, videos, etc.

Physical Impairment

Low Tech Tool Options

Hands-On Demonstrations: Conduct hands-on demonstrations, experiments, and activities

that allow students to physically interact with physics concepts in a controlled, safe manner.

Tactile Graphics: Incorporate tactile graphics and diagrams into lessons to help students with
visual impairments understand spatial relationships and concepts like force vectors.

High Tech Tool Options

3D Models and Tactile Diagrams: Create or provide 3D models of physics concepts and tactile
diagrams to help students with visual impairments explore and understand abstract ideas.

Adaptive Computer Interfaces: Customized computer interfaces with specialized input devices
like adaptive keyboards, switch systems, or eye-tracking technology can enable students with
physical impairments to interact with digital physics simulations, software, or online learning
platforms.

App Options

Voice Recognition Software: Voice recognition software, such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking or

Windows Speech Recognition, can be immensely helpful for individuals with limited mobility.
They can use voice commands to control computers and dictate their thoughts, answers, or
explanations related to physics concepts.

Accessible e-Books: Many publishers offer accessible e-books that are compatible with
screen readers and provide navigation features for individuals with physical disabilities.
Examples include Bookshare and Learning Ally.

Universal Design Ideas

Assistive Technology: Support students in using assistive technology that aligns with their
individual needs and preferences. This could include speech-to-text software, screen readers,
or tactile tools.

Alternative Formats: Offer physics content through various formats, such as videos,
interactive simulations, tactile models, and hands-on experiments to cater to diverse learning
preferences.

Auditory Sensory Impairment

Low Tech Tool Options

Visual Demonstrations and Models: Use visual aids, such as diagrams, charts, graphs, and
physical models, to illustrate physics concepts. These visual representations can help
students with auditory impairments grasp abstract ideas.

Collaborative Learning: Encourage collaborative learning through group discussions, peer

teaching, and visual collaborative projects. Students can work together to create visual
representations of physics concepts.

High Tech Tool Options

Visualizations and Simulations: Utilize interactive physics simulations and visualizations. Tools
like PhET Interactive Simulations or interactive software such as Algodoo can help students
grasp complex physics concepts through visual exploration.
3D Printing and Tactile Models: Create 3D-printed tactile models of physics concepts.
Students can physically touch and explore models representing objects, forces, and other
physics elements.

App Options

PhET Interactive Simulations

Algodoo

Universal Design Ideas

Assistive Technology: Support students in using assistive technology that aligns with their
individual needs and preferences. This could include speech-to-text software, screen readers,
or tactile tools.

Tactile Models: Consider using tactile models or raised-line drawings to help students with
visual impairments understand physical concepts. These tactile representations can be
beneficial for both visual and auditory sensory impairments.

Visual Sensory Impairment

Low Tech Tool Options

Whiteboard/Markers: Utilize individual whiteboards to allow the students to better visualize the
content at their own seats instead of using a whiteboard for the whole class where they may
not see it.

Physical Models: Allow the student to grasp an understanding of the content through models
that won’t cause too much strain as a video or whole lecture would

High Tech Tool Options

Auditory Resources: Sources such as audio textbooks or podcasts support the students in
supplying an alternative explaination to the physics-based content

Braille and Tactile graphics: Obtain educational materials in Braille or tactile graphics. These
materials can include diagrams and explanations of the concepts of distance, displacement,
speed, velocity, and acceleration

App Options

Access World

Dragon Search

Universal Design Ideas

Options for Perception: Includes Text-to-speach, visual diagrams, audio clips

Options for Physical action: Provides alternatives to physically interacting with the content as
well as responding in the course through audio, voice recording, videos, etc.

Second Language Learners

Low Tech Tool Options

Visual Aids: Utilize visual aids, diagrams, and graphics that transcend language barriers.
These can be particularly helpful for explaining concepts like distance, displacement, speed,
velocity, and acceleration

Vocabulary Building: Introduce and reinforce key vocabulary words related to these concepts
in both the learners' native language and the language of instruction. This includes flashcards.

High Tech Tool Options

Animated Simulations: If possible, use computer programs or apps that offer animated
simulations of motion and graphs to demonstrate concepts like speed-time graphs.

Multilingual Resources: Look for educational materials, textbooks, or online resources

available in the learners' native language or a language they are comfortable with

App Options

Memrise

FluentU

Universal Design Ideas

Assistive Technology: Support students in using assistive technology that aligns with their
individual needs and preferences. This could include speech-to-text software, screen readers,
or tactile tools.

Options for Comprehension: Bridge concepts with analogies, big ideas, patterns, and critical
features.