Summary:

Educational tool for blind children and their educators with the shape of the moon. Left space to 3D print or stick braille letters of your language. Moreover we have added the moon alone if you want to experiment in other ways with it, or as we propose that you would glue it on wood or plexiglass. We have discovered VI persons love it especially wood. Last but not least we have added a hole in order to tie multiple of them with a small rope, since we have more of them to come.

For more visit the our website feelform.eu or facebook.com/feelform3D

Feelform is an initiative supported by the Angelopoulos CGIU.

We design and 3D print innovative products for the blind. We design and 3D print innovative products for the blind. Our goal in Feelform is to stop the exclusion of the visually impaired from public space and provide the means for equality in education.
Overview and Background
The moon (in its phase) educational material for the blind.

A tactile representation of the moon in its phase, in order to allow blind children and adults to realize the shape of the moon.

Lesson Plan and Activity

How to use

Always present it to the student in the proper direction. Explain that the moon has phases and this is how it looks on it's waning crescent. Make sure your student understands that the moon is a sphere that this is the projection that we can see, when the sun lights the moon at a certain angle.

Materials Needed

Optional Items

If you select to print only the moon without its base you could need a small wooden tile or a plexiglass tile.

Skills Learned
astronomy
moon
geography