SAVI/SELPH
Science Activities for the Visually Impaired/
Science Enrichment for Learners with Physical Handicaps

The SAVI/SELPH program was originally developed to meet the science learning needs of students with disabilities, but has more recently found significant application in regular upper-elementary classrooms. In addition to print and video materials available for purchase online from LHS, kits of student materials can be purchased directly from the Center for Multisensory Learning. For more information send e-mail or call 510-642-8941.

F O L I O  S E T S: Communication Environmental Energy Environments Kitchen Interactions Magnetism and Electricity Measurement Mixtures and Solutions Scientific Reasoning Structures of Life

V I D E O S: Biological Basis of Thinking Communication Environmental Energy Kitchen Interactions Magnetism and Electricity Mixtures and Solutions Scientific Reasoning

F O L I O  S E T S:

C O M M U N I C A T I O N buy online This module contains four activities dealing with the physics of sound. The specific goals include: sharpening students' sound discrimination skills, helping youngsters become familiar with sound sources, sound receivers, and sound amplification, introducing the concept of pitch and bringing youngsters to an understanding of the relationship between vibration and sound. A companion video is also available.
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Teachers	Grades 3-8	Physics of Sound	Packet of activity folios, 30 pages, line illustrations	$6.00	CML120
E N V I R O N M E N T A L  E N E R G Y buy online In this module of four activities, youngsters construct solar water heaters and pinwheels to collect environmental energy from the sun and wind. A companion video is also available.
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Teachers	Grades 3-8	Wind Power and Solar Energy	Packet of activity folios, 30 pages, line illustrations.	$6.00	CML130
E N V I R O N M E N T S buy online The four activities in this module introduce the concept of environment. During the course of their investigations, students find that different organisms require different types of environments, and that a suitable environment fosters growth and survival.
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Teachers	Grades 3-8	Environmental Variables	Packet of activity folios, 30 pages, line illustrations	$6.00	CML140
K I T C H E N  I N T E R A C T I O N S buy online The four activities in this module provide experiences with common household substances: baking soda, yeast, lemons, salt and cookies. These somewhat higher-level activities call upon several techniques and tools introduced in other SAVI/SELPH modules, e.g. controlled experimentation and metric measurement. A companionvideo is also available.
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Teachers	Grades 3-8	Chemical Reactions and Density	Packet of activity folios, 30 pages, line illustrations	$6.00	CML150
M A G N E T I S M  A N D  E L E C T R I C I T Y buy online The four activities in this module provide students with the basic concepts of magnetic attraction and repulsion, circuit, insulator, conductor and electromagnetism. These concepts are integrated as the students build a telegraph and send coded messages. A companion video is also available.
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Teachers	Grades 3-8	Magnetism and Electricity	Packet of activity folios, 30 pages, line illustrations	$6.00	CML160
M E A S U R E M E N T buy online This module contains four activities that introduce youngsters to standard metric measurement. They use a variety of specially developed tools that not only permit easy measurements but also help to stimulate the development of manipulative skills.
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Teachers	Grades 3-8	Metric Measurement	Packet of activity folios, 30 pages, line illustrations	$6.00	CML170
M I X T U R E S  A N D  S O L U T I O N S buy online This module contains four activities that introduce students to fundamental concepts of chemistry: mixture, solution, concentration, saturation, and evaporation. These activities also foster growth in manipulative skills (e.g. measuring, transferring, and filtering), organizational ability and observational skills. A companion video is also available.
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Teachers	Grades 3-8	Chemistry	Packet of activity folios, 30 pages, line illustrations	$6.00	CML180
S C I E N T I F I C  R E A S O N I N G buy online The five activities in this module help students make observations and process information. These activities develop the concepts of variable and controlled experimentation. A companion video is also available.
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Teachers	Grades 3-8	Variables and Controlled ExperimentS	Packet of activity folios, 36 pages, line illustrations	$6.00	CML210
S T R U C T U R E S  O F  L I F E buy online The primary goal in this module of seven activities is to provide experiences with both plants and animals and to help students learn something about the organisms they explore. The two major concepts that students explore in this module are growth and behavior.
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Teachers	Grades 3-8	Biology	Packet of activity folios, 48 pages, line illustrations	$6.00	CML220

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B I O L O G I C A L  B A S I S  O F  T H I N K I N G buy online This video features Dr. Larry Lowery explaining the six stages of cognitive development that youngsters exhibit as they travel through school. The thinking abilities that accompany each stage are clearly defined, and examples of activities that take advantage of the different abilities are demonstrated. Cognitive development from kindergarten through high school is discussed in a clear and concise way.
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Teachers	Grades K-12	Development of Human Cognition	Video, VHS, Color, 51 minutes	$30.00	CML110
C O M M U N I C A T I O N buy online This video features Linda DeLucchi and Larry Malone demonstrating activities from the SAVI/SELPH Communication module that teach youngsters about the physics of sound. The four activities use a combination of whole-class experiences and learning centers to develop the concepts of sound source, sound receiver, sound transfer, sound discrimination, vibration, pitch and amplification
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Teachers	Grades 3-8	Sound	Video, VHS, Color, 36 minutes	$30.00	CML121
E N V I R O N M E N T A L  E N E R G Y buy online This video features Larry Malone demonstrating activities from the SAVI/SELPH Environmental Energy module that teach youngsters about solar energy. The four lessons use both indoor and outdoor settings to develop concepts of energy source, energy receiver, absorber, reflector, passive solar energy, wind energy and work.
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Teachers	Grades 3-8	Solar Energy	Video, VHS, Color, 40 minutes	$30.00	CML131
K I T C H E N  I N T E R A C T I O N S buy online This video features Larry Malone demonstrating activity procedures and methods for organizing materials used in the Kitchen Interactions module. Important physical and chemical ideas are developed in the activities. Activities cover ideas associated with the acid content of foods, the density of familiar objects and liquids and sugar content of common foods.
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Teachers	Grades 3-8	Chemical Reactions and Density	Video, VHS, Color, 56 minutes	$30.00	CML151
M A G N E T I S M  A N D  E L E C T R I C I T Y buy online This video features Larry Malone demonstrating equipment setups and procedures used in the Magnetism and Electricity module. Concepts in this module are sequential; ideas build on one another as youngsters learn about permanent magnetism, simple electrical circuits, electromagnetism and applications of all of these concepts.
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Teachers	Grades 3-8	Magnetism and Electricity	Video, VHS, Color, 28 minutes	$30.00	CML161
M I X T U R E S  A N D  S O L U T I O N S buy online This video features Larry Malone and Linda DeLucchi demonstrating activities used in the Mixtures and Solutions module.It guides the viewer through the procedures used in the four sequential activities and explains the concepts that are developed: mixture, solution, separation, concentration, saturation and chemical reaction.
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Teachers	Grades 3-8	Chemistry	Video, VHS, Color, 60 minutes	$30.00	CML181
S C I E N T I F I C  R E A S O N I N G buy online This video features Linda DeLucchi demonstrating activity methods and materials used in the Scientific Reasoning module. The central concepts developed or reinforced in every activity are the ideas of variables and how variables influence the outcomes of experiments. Pendulums, rafts and airplanes are used to develop these important concepts.
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Teachers	Grades 3-8	Variables and Controlled Experiments	Video, VHS, color, 35 minutes	$30.00	CML211