Database of Teaching Materials and Methods for Special Needs Education

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Target	Students of elementary school, junior high school and senior high school conducting cooking activities
Disability category	visual impairment
Teaching units / Applicable scenes	life studies　technical arts and home economics　activities for independent living　instruction for living skills
Specific purposes	When frying something during cooking activities, practice using a model so that students can put ingredients safely into a frying pan or skillfully turn them over.
Considerations for disability characteristics	Put a button on one side and when turning the model over from the state with the button on the top, they can know if it turned over well when they hear the sound of the button hitting the frying pan. In order to make the model, a heavy gel-type cold pack is wrapped into a piece of cloth.
Expected effects and results	Acquire the skill to turn efficiently and place it on plate with appropriate utensils. Aquire the skill to open out a large slice of meat in a pan.
How to use	Liken the models to pieces of meat or fish and practice to put them into a frying pan. Place the models with the button upside in a frying pan and practice to turn them over with spatulas, chopsticks or tongs. Practice to move them from the frying pan onto a plate.
Related teaching materials and information	It is better to change the shapes and weights of models and use separate models according to the ingredients you want them to resemble.
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Informant Special Needs Education School for the Visually Impaired, University of Tsukuba
Keywords turnur, a frying pan, turn