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What adaptions did you receive for gcse science practicles eg? (self.Blind)
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theawesomeaquarist 1 points 4y ago
For practical exams
lilbluebutterfly 1 points 4y ago
Hi,

I’m a UK student who’s taken GCSEs and now studying both chemistry and biology at A Level so have quite the experience with practicals. Can I ask if you have any useful vision at all as it would help me in what to recommend?
theawesomeaquarist 1 points 4y ago
I am partially sighted so I do have some useful vision I am very short sighted and have nystagmus
lilbluebutterfly 1 points 4y ago
Ok. For you and anyone interested I’ll share some of the ways in which I and other vi people I know access science:

1) using microscope - connect microscope to laptop and view images on laptop screen (if this is still too small you could link it up to a projector). If you can’t see enough to do this have someone draw out what they can see on a sheet of German film which creates a raised diagram
2) large print/tactile/talking rulers, thermometers, scales, voltmeters etc
3) colour probe to identify the colour of a substance
4) light probe to identify changes in light intensity elg for finding the end Point in a titration if you can’t see the miniscus
5) talking/large print stopwatch
6) I don’t know what they’re called but there’s these pipettes that you can get that have little notches on so you can tell when you have the right volume of liquid
7) use a surface with good colour contrast e.g while tile when carrying out an experiment
8) plot results on a graph with bold/larger squares or if you can’t see this use a pin board and tactile graph paper and ask your teacher to transfer where you’ve placed the pins onto a paper copy so you’ve got a record you can put in your folder or for marking

That’s what I can think of off the top of my head. If you have any more questions feel free to ask me :)
theawesomeaquarist 1 points 4y ago
Did you have an assistant
lilbluebutterfly 1 points 4y ago
I did for some, but not others. At my school we worked in groups so there’s normally a way around it but I’d depends how willing your school are to make things accessible for you.
TheFake_VIP_yt 1 points 4y ago
I would also be very interested to here from people on this, as I'm a year 11 currently about to sit his GCSE exams. Science exams in general are a very mixed bag when it comes to accessibility. Our exam board, but for that matter others as well, tend to leave out the plastic film copies that are supposed to be provided with past and/or specimen papers, meaning that there's a good percentage of questions that I just can't answer and won't be able to figure out how to until the actual exam. But then again I'm now being told they don't use plastic film any more, with no substitute or other solution mentioned to this problem ... and it's just a huge mess.
FeelingCeiling 1 points 4y ago
I remember having to sit down during a practical because I can't stand on my feet for long periods of time. Other than that, I didn't need any specially adapted tools. My LSA just helped me complete the tasks.
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