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Additional Resources
Helpful Websites
Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability (CPED)
Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology (DO-IT)
International Association of Geoscience Diversity
National Center on Universal Design for Learning
National Technical Assistance and Research Center to Promote Leadership for Increasing the Employment and Economic Independence of Adults with Disabilities (NTAR)
The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) on Postsecondary Education and Students with Disabilities
College/University Resources for Faculty
ACCESS: A Comprehensive Center for Exceptional Student Services at Miami Dade College
Accessibility Center at the Community College of Denver
Access College Center at the University of Washington
A Guide for Faculty and Staff Working with Students with Disabilities at the University of Wisconson-Madison
Videos
Many other videos are available on how to incorporate principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) into your courses:
CAST: About Universal Design for Learning
The Center for Universal Design in Education
Properly Captioned Videos Related to Earth Science Literacy (made available by Wendi Williams, University of Arkansas Little Rock/Northwest Arkansas Community College)
- Why Earth Science?
- Big Idea 1. Scientists use repeatable observations & testable ideas to understand/explain our planet.
- Big Idea 2. Earth is 4.6 billion years old
- Big Idea 3. Earth is a complex system of interacting rock, water, air, and life
- Big Idea 4. Earth is continuously changing
- Big Idea 5. Earth is the water planet
- Big Idea 6. Life evolves on a dynamic Earth and continuously modifies Earth
- Big Idea 7. Humans depend on Earth for resources
- Big Idea 8. Natural hazards pose risks to humans
- Big Idea 9. Humans significantly alter the Earth