Name of teaching material
Vacuum-formed compression sheets self-made product
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| Target | Primary students |
|---|---|
| Disability category | visual impairment |
| Teaching units / Applicable scenes | drawing and crafts, art　teaching and learning tools, auxiliary aids |
| Specific purposes | We used a vacuum former to create sheet models of three-dimensional objects at various stages of compression from a fixed vantage point as a tool to encourage the understating of the arts in blind children. By caressing a compressed sheet at various stages, the learners could deepen their understanding of two-dimensional objects that exist in a three-dimensional space and grasp the basic principle in which pictures/paintings represent spatial compression. |
| Considerations for disability characteristics |
- The kit consists of several sheets (models) each of which represents the process of a three-dimensional object being gradually flattened onto a plane surface. - We created eight objects, a square, rectangle, circle, triangle, rhombus, boat, house, and a back. - We created sheet models together with the three-dimensional objects on which it was based using a vacuum former. There are multiple models representing each object at various stages of depth compression (3–5): 3/4, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, and flat outline. The models have magnetic sheets attached to their backs so the student can feel the model while being affixed to a whiteboard. |
| Expected effects and results | The learner can gain a better tactile understanding of the difference between the three-dimensional objects made by the vacuum former compared to the 3-D copies, because of the clear lines and surface. |
| How to use |
1.The learner feels the 3-D object. 2.The learner feels the sheet models for that object. In this way, the learner forms a tactile impression of the object at various stages of depth compression and comprehends how to project the object on a flat surface. 3.The learner draws a picture of the sheet model using a same-size raised-line drawing paper as the sheet. |
| Related teaching materials and information | Vacuum Former 1210 - CR Clarke & Co (UK) |
| Useful for other students |
- Informant Special Needs Education School for the Visually Impaired, University of Tsukuba
- Keywords Tactile materials, tactile, completely blind learners
- Created 2020-11-20 17:55:18
- Updated 2020-11-20 18:09:25