Hearing Links- Dialogue for Kids (Idaho Public Television)

Hearing

Feb 20, 2007
2:00/1:00 MT/PT


At Neuroscience for Kids you can explore and experiment with your hearing. http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/bigear.html Travel Inside the Ear with this video from National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/education/video/travel_vid.htm
Use your brain as you watch this animated demonstration from KidsHealth showing How the Ear Works. This is also available en espanol http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/ear_SW.html
How do other animals hear? Do they hear the same things that humans do? Expand your knowledge at these websites from Scientific American Calls of the Wild ( Grades 5-8) Bats and Echolocations http://www.pbs.org/saf/1308/teaching/teaching.htm Flies and Stereo http://www.pbs.org/saf/1308/teaching/teaching2.htm Spider Sounds http://www.pbs.org/saf/1308/teaching/teaching4.htm
Continue your tour of hearing by trying these student activities... How do I hear? http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/hearing/activities/lesson4.htm Do you hear what I hear? http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/hearing/activities/lesson3.htm How small is a hair cell? Make a guess then watch this video... http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/hearing/activities/hair-cell.htm
Thinkquest explores the 5 Senses, including Hearing http://library.thinkquest.org/3750/hear/hear.html
The Franklin Institute Online is another great stop along the road to understanding hearing. http://sln.fi.edu/qa98/me1/me1.html Don't miss: Parts of the Ear http://www.fi.edu/pieces/dukerich/music/earparts.html and The auditory Pathway http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/apr99/auditorypath.html
What is ear wax for? http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/ yuckystuff/earwax/js.index.html#	Get out your Slinky and explore The Science of Sound ... http://www.fi.edu/pieces/dukerich/sound/soundscience.html
Review these tips about how to PROTECT YOUR EARS: How loud is too loud? http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/ruler.asp Auditory Damage http://sun.science.wayne.edu/~wpoff/cor/sen/heardamg.html

Brush up on Sound and Hearing at HyperPhysics fom Georgia State University.
Teaching Guides to lessons about hearing: Grades 3 – 6: I Love What I Hear! http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/education/teachers/DefaultPage.htm Middle School: How Your Brain Understands What Your Ear Hears Teacher's guide http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/hearing/guide/guide_toc.htm Amazing Animal Senses http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/amaze.html Lessons about Sound waves http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/sound/soundtoc.html
Lessons from Neuroscience for Kids about the Senses: Sense of Hearing http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chhearing.html Complete Lesson Plans on Hearing http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/hearing.html Experiments for all the senses http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chsense.html Interactive Word Search puzzle... http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/searchear.html
WISE EARS!, a public health campaign to protect against noise-induced hearing loss: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/wise/.
SCIENCE WEBSITES from NSTA http://www2.nsta.org/sciencesites/default.asp?page=1&category=14&phrase=
Connect to Hearing: FACTS GLOSSARY RESOURCES