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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Applied Science - Science and Math Lab

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore the senses. For this Applied Science lesson, students investigate the items in "feely" boxes with their hands, both touching the items and shaking the boxes to hear the sound the items make. Students also smell and taste...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating an Interesting Setting

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this setting worksheet, students fill out a chart for seeing, feeling, smelling, tasting, and hearing in a setting. Students complete 20 boxes total in the chart.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Do You Hear What I Hear?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars study hearing and are able to differentiate between different sound waves.  In this sound wave lesson students develop a cause and effect model that shows the parts of the ear. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Five Senses Kids Activities and Crafts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learners make binoculars to reinforce fine motor skills. In this fine motor skills lesson plan, students use colorful materials such as toilet paper rolls, craft paper, crayons, glue, scissors and yarn to make binoculars. By doing this...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Your Sense of Touch

For Students K - 2nd
In this senses worksheet, students identify pictures of items that are hard or soft to the touch. In the following four pages, kids use their discernment skills to identify things they can see, smell, and hear. Students color the...
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Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Hearing Loss in Children

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of hearing loss in children. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and much more.
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Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Cleaning Your Ears

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource gives several tips for safely cleaning your ears.
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Interactive
The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: Music to Our Ears

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger site on the armonica, an instrument created by Ben Franklin. Introduce yourself to the human ear. This section looks at how sound is collected and transmitted and provides diagrams of the parts of the auditory pathway...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Senses

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text with printable notes, animations, video clips, and practice problems students discover the function of the sensory structures in the human body.
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Interactive
Other

Amplifon: Interactive Ear: A Guide to Human Hearing

For Students 9th - 10th
The Interactive Ear is a whole ear model which allows the user to explore all the inner-workings of the human ear.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Five Senses Walk Around the School

For Teachers 1st
First graders take a five senses walk and record what they observe.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Antarctica: How Can We Hear Sounds?

For Students K - 1st
James lives on Antarctica and loves the unique sounds he hears there. He is curious to know how it is possible that we hear sounds. Join him to help figure this out.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Crab Boat: Senses: Five Human Senses

For Students K - 1st
Todd, the crab boat captain uses his five senses to bring the crabs to shore. Can you help him?
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Activity
University of Washington

Hearing: Activities, Experiments, Models and More

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Come and learn more about one of the five senses? Hearing is an integral part of our everyday life. To learn more use the activities, experiments, models and more wrapped into this hearing website.
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Activity
University of Washington

Our Sense of Hearing Experiment: Locating Sound Sources

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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abcteach

Abcteach: Senses Flashcards

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Colorful flashcards of the 5 senses with your choice of Arial or D'Nealian lettering.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: A Feast of Homonyms

For Students 6th - 8th
Test your knowledge on Homonyms by using "Matching, Concentration, Flashcards, or Word Search." Site by Quia.com.
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Website
The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: Music to Our Ears

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover the connection between sound waves and hearing with this webpage tutorial. Be sure to click on the picture for detailed information.
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Handout
NeurOreille

Neur Oreille: Journey Into the World of Hearing: How Do I Hear?

For Students 9th - 10th
See how the human ear senses a sound, and how that stimulus is transmitted to the brain for interpretation and response.
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Activity
NeurOreille

Journey Into the World of Hearing: Detection and Diagnosis

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustrated explanation of the detection and diagnosis of hearing loss.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: The Human Ear

For Students 9th - 10th
Using diagrams and animations, students discover how the anatomy of the ear and the physics of sound waves work together to allow us to hear.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Science of Hearing

For Students 9th - 10th
To understand how hearing works, Douglas L. Oliver follows a sound on its journey into the ear. [5:17]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Frequently Confused Words: Here Hear

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Can you identify the difference between the words 'here' and 'hear'?
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Ears and Hearing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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.