“Youth Voices” is an open call from WGBH Teachers’ Domain for ideas from 13-18 year olds who would like to produce video segments about climate change. “Youth Voices” will kick off in January, with a series of three informative webinars for student filmmakers. To find out more check out WGBH Lab for details. Teachers’ Domain is also working to create science curriculum units that are accessible to blind and low-vision students.

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How do you teach a blind child about the wonders of the solar system? Or the anatomy of a frog? Thanks to funding from the National Science Foundation’s Research in Disabilities Program and additional funding from The Grousbeck Family Foundation, WGBH’s National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) worked with the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts to create science curriculum units that are accessible to blind and low-vision students.

Teachers’ Domain asked Veteran Perkins instructor Becky Hoffman who wanted science to come alive for her students: How will Teachers’ Domain resources help your students? And how do you plan on using them in your classroom?

Hoffman responded: “One of my most time-consuming jobs is reformatting materials, so being able to turn to the Teachers’ Domain website for accessible lesson plans will leave more time for teaching-a definite plus. I am also hopeful that other teachers of the visually impaired will find the modifications and suggestions helpful for their students.”

“We feel that science should provide our students with concrete, functional lessons that they can relate to on a personal level, Hoffman adds. “Subjects such as growth and development, the weather, life cycles of plants and animals, nutrition, our bodies, basically things that affects their lives, are good topics to explore with our students. Teachers Domain covers these topics and with modifications and suggestions, we can use the website to enrich our science program.”

Teachers’ Domain hopes that these developments will enable teachers of the visually impaired across the world to make science come alive for their students.