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  1. Science Briefing: Making Astronomy More Accessible for Blind and Visually Impaired Audiences

    March 3, 2022 Professional Learning Webinar

    In this edition of NASA’s Universe of Learning Science Briefing, we will hear about different strategies to make astronomy accessible for your audience, specifically for the blind or visually impaired. ...

  2. Touch the Universe: Adler Planetarium

    3D Object | Program Model
    Touch the Universe uses 3D printed astrophysical objects in combination with visualizations to provide Adler Planetarium guests with a new way of exploring space concepts. It also benefits our guests with...
    3D Printed Astrophysical Objects

  3. Sensory Saturdays: Museum of York County

    3D Object | Exhibits | Program Model | Toolkit
    Sensory Saturdays are designed as monthly events for all learners but may be beneficial to people with sensory differences, their families, and their caregivers. The entire museum was open, including a...
    3D object and the mold

  4. The Teen Cosmos Collective: North Carolina Museum of Life and Science

    3D Object | Activities | Program Model
    The Teen Cosmos Collective is a 10-week program for students seeking to enhance their science communication and literary skills. Throughout the multi-week program, participants are able to engage with...
    Group of teenagers posing together with a life-size astronaut cut out

  5. NASA Rover Design: Bay Area Discovery Museum

    Program Model | Toolkit
    The NASA Rover Design program was inspired by NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, Curiosity Rover, and Eyes on Exoplanets interactive website. This one-hour drop-in program welcomes and encourages children...
    Family engaging in a Mars Rover hands-on activity

  6. Astrophysics on a Tabletop: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

    Program Model | Toolkit
    Astrophysics on a Tabletop was created to challenge high school-age youth to develop hands-on activities about astrophysics and then produce short films showing those activities in action. This program...
    Young man at a table in front of a camera working on a phases of the moon activity

  7. Astrophotography & Art: American Museum of Science and Energy

    Program Model | Toolkit
    Astrophotography & Art was a program that allowed participants to create their own astronomical images using both MicroObservatory resources and a Bob Ross-certified led painting session. Participants...
    Display of 4 pieces of artwork in a frame

  8. Tactile Explorations of Extrasolar Objects: Science Central

    Program Model | Toolkit
    This tabletop activity by Science Central uses 3D printed representations of objects beyond the Solar System to give participants a sense of the scale of extrasolar objects and allow participants with...
    Extrasolar tactile explorations program materials

  9. Braille/Tactile Posters and Cards

    Poster
    Celestial objects as they appear in visible-light telescopes and different spectral regions that are invisible to the naked eye. These posters use a combination of Braille and large-format traditional...
    In the left picture, a volcano erupts and spews ash, dust and gas into the air. In the right picture, energetic eruptions are powered by jets of high energy particles as material falls into a black hole.

  10. Tactile Images: 30 Doradus Set

    Activities
    Bring the wonders of the universe to everyone, regardless of their visual ability. A library of many Hubble Space Telescope images has been designed to be downloaded and printed on microcapsule paper,...

  11. Tactile Images: Galaxies and Universe Images

    Activities
    Bring the wonders of the universe to everyone, regardless of their visual ability. A library of many Hubble Space Telescope images has been designed to be downloaded and printed on microcapsule paper,...

  12. Tactile Images: Life and Death of Stars Images

    Activities
    Bring the wonders of the universe to everyone, regardless of their visual ability. A library of many Hubble Space Telescope images has been designed to be downloaded and printed on microcapsule paper,...

  13. Tactile Images: Solar System Images

    Activities
    Bring the wonders of the universe to everyone, regardless of their visual ability. A library of many Hubble Space Telescope images has been designed to be downloaded and printed on microcapsule paper,...

  14. Tinkercad: Universe in 3D

    3D Object | Activities | Software
    When scientists combine data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory with other telescopes, such as the Hubble or Spitzer space telescopes, or with scientific and mathematical models, we can create data-driven...
    Illustration of a telescope and outer space

  15. 3D Printing the X-ray Universe

    3D Object | Activities
    Despite our limited abilities to travel to distant objects in outer space, astronomers, computer scientists, and others are developing techniques that nudge astronomy visualization forward from two-dimensional...
    Illustration of hand on left placing a star in hand on right