"Science is for all students," the National Science Education Standards declare, and Science Stories aims to help you make that goal a reality. People with physical disabilities and learning disabilities have commonly received little encouragement in science. So have ethnic and cultural minorities—not to mention women of all backgrounds. There is no need to let this situation continue.

As you learn from reading Science Stories, the best science teaching practices—engaging students in using all their senses, in manipulating materials, and in asking questions—tend to be successful with students of any gender, ethnic group, or ability level. Further, when you pay attention to students' own thinking and the development of their scientific selves, you can make sure that everyone has the opportunity for success in science.

The following web sites offer information on one or more aspects of inclusive teaching. Pick and choose the resources you need for your own classroom, and remember that every student should feel entitled to success in science.

ADDvance
http://www.addvance.com/

All Kinds of Minds
http://www.allkindsofminds.org/

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
http://www.asha.org/

Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders
http://www.ccbd.net/

Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org/

Council for Learning Disabilities
http://www.cldinternational.org/

Council of Educators for Students with Disabilities
http://www.504idea.org/

Developmental Delay Resources
http://www.devdelay.org/

Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI)
http://www.rit.edu:80/~easi/easisem.htm

ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education: Fact Sheets
http://www.ericec.org/factmini.html

IDEAPractices
http://www.ideapractices.org/

Inclusion in Science Education for Students with Disabilities
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/

Inclusive Education
http://www.uni.edu/coe/inclusion/

Inclusive Science and Special Education Needs
http://www.issen.org.uk/

Inclusive Science and Special Education Needs Resources
http://www.ase.org.uk/sen/

Inclusive Science Education: A Forum of the Association for the Education of Teachers of Science
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~ecparson/ISEFwebpage.htm

Internet Resources for Special Children
http://www.irsc.org/

Intervention Techniques
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/specialed/information/interventions.html

LDOnLine
http://ldonline.org/

Learning Disabilities Association of America
http://www.ldanatl.org/

National Association for Multicultural Education
http://www.nameorg.org/

National Center for Learning Disabilities
http://ncld.org/

National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum
http://www.cast.org/ncac/

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
http://www.nichcy.org/

Power of 2
http://www.powerof2.org/

Schwab Learning
http://www.schwablearning.org/

Science for All: Inclusion Resources (by Marcia Fetters)
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~mfetters/Inclusion.html