Curated OER
Sense of Hearing
Create a graphic organizer to review parts and systems of the body, then present a new topic. Special education students grades 3-5 learn about the sense of hearing. They draw parts of the ear, sign a song, read Perk Up Your Ears, and...
Curated OER
Are You My Mother Game
Invite your kindergarteners to explore sound and hearing. Using film canisters, or containers, filled with items from the story "Are You My Mother?" they will predict what the objects were from the story. Tip: you could create a...
Curated OER
Sense of Hearing
Students explore the sense of hearing. In this human biology lesson, students listen to the story Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? and give examples of how they use their sense of hearing everyday. Students pass around plastic...
Curated OER
Hear No Evil
Students explore the function of the ears. In this sense of hearing lesson, students read the book Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear and discuss the things the Polar Bear heard. Students construct simple musical instruments and use...
Curated OER
Harry Hears!
Students explore ear anatomy and the sense of hearing. In this hearing lesson, students discuss the five senses and view a model of an ear. Students place cotton balls in their ears to simulate loss of hearing. Students use descriptive...
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Hearing Loss in Children
Thorough overview of hearing loss in children. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and much more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Cleaning Your Ears
This resource gives several tips for safely cleaning your ears.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: How the Five Senses Change With Age
This article discusses the link between anatomical changes related to aging and sensory loss. Delves into the problems associated with each of the five senses.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Sound From Left or Right?
Why do humans have two ears? How do the properties of sound help with directional hearing? Students learn about directional hearing and how our brains determine the direction of sounds by the difference in time between arrival of sound...
Other
Amplifon: Interactive Ear: A Guide to Human Hearing
The Interactive Ear is a whole ear model which allows the user to explore all the inner-workings of the human ear.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Physics of Hearing: Hearing
By the end of this section, you will be able to define hearing, pitch, loudness, timbre, note, tone, phon, ultrasound, and infrasound; compare loudness to frequency and intensity of a sound; and identify structures of the inner ear and...
University of Washington
Our Sense of Hearing Experiment: Locating Sound Sources
Have you ever wondered how your ear works? This website will provide you with knowledge on how to locate sound sources among other ear information.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Listening Challenge With Your Ears
In this activity, students will be able to use their sense of hearing to figure out which film containers sound the same and contain the same substance. They will then match their containers and self-check their answers.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Hearing [Pdf]
We deal with loud noises in our environment all the time - some we can control and some we can't. Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) can be a problem for kids and teens, especially with the prevalence of earbuds and handheld devices that...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Ears
How do you hear? Watch this ear video and take the accompanying quiz to step inside the ear. [6:08]
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Science of Sound
This resource is for teachers who are looking for information, activities, experiments, and more pertaining to the science of sound.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Hearing and Balance
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What do listening to music and riding a bike have in common? It might surprise you to learn that both activities depend on your ears. The ears do more than just...
NeurOreille
Neur Oreille: Journey Into the World of Hearing: How Do I Hear?
See how the human ear senses a sound, and how that stimulus is transmitted to the brain for interpretation and response.
WebMD
Medicine Net: Hearing and Balance Anatomy
Learn all about the ear and how it works in this illustrated article on the anatomy and function of the ear.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Science of Hearing
To understand how hearing works, Douglas L. Oliver follows a sound on its journey into the ear. [5:17]
Other
Huffington Post: How to Listen to Music Without Destroying Your Hearing
This article provides statistics and other information about hearing loss, especially due to listening to loud music with headphones or earbuds. It also focuses on how to prevent hearing loss caused by listening to music. This...
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Using Our Senses
This lesson plan site delves into the senses of smell, touch, taste, sight, and hearing. Students will be able to describe the ways senses affect their lives and how a pediatrician uses his/her senses to examine patients.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Sid the Science Kid: I Sense
Listen carefully. Can you answer Sid's questions about the five senses?
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Ears and Hearing
This lesson plan investigates sound waves and how the ear hears. Students create a model of the ear using a cardboard tube, plastic wrap, and a sheet of paper.