Supporting Inclusive Science Classrooms

Abstract

This article explores a lesson on structure and function in an inclusive first grade classroom. The class is co-taught by a general and special education teacher. The lesson describes how the teachers co-teach through team teaching to plan for possible barriers and use universal design principles to ensure their lesson is accessible to all students.

Keywords::

• K-2
• NGSS
• structure and function
• special education
• organisms: structure
• function
• processes

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Notes on contributors

Bridget Miller

Bridget Miller ([email protected]) is an associate professor at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

Rajiv Satsangi

Rajiv Satsangi ([email protected]) is an associate professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.