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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How Does a Sound Sensor Work?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students learn about how sound sensors work, reinforcing their similarities to the human sense of hearing. This lesson and its associated activity enable students to appreciate how robots can take sensor input and use it to make...
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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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Utah Education Network

Uen: Independent Learners

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson, young scholars will learn about the skills of visualizing and verbalizing. Both skills will be used to help the students become independent learners.
Website
Other

National Speech/language Therapy Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Home page for an organization dedicated to the treatment of speech/language disorders in children. This site contains a great deal of information about speech and language disorders and therapy.
Website
PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Communication

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This comprehensive site describes how communication is an adaptation that is important for survival.
Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading Basics: Sounds of Speech

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Sounds of speech are the sounds that make up our oral language. Children must understand how speech sounds work to be ready for instruction in reading and writing. To learn more about sounds of speech, browse the articles, parent tips,...
Article
Indiana University

Indiana University: Sensory Integration: Tips to Consider

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article gives examples of how it looks when a child is experiencing sensory processing issues and gives tips on how to provide a sensory diet to "nourish" a child's nervous system. The examples and tips are categorized into groups...
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University of Texas at Austin

Tex's French Grammar: Irregular Adjectives

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, from Tex's French Grammar, is an excellent site which has a clear, concise explanation of adjectives that are irregular for gender or in forming plurals (doux/douce, faux.fausse, etc.). It provides examples and interactive...
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University of Texas at Austin

Tex's French Grammar: Pronominal and Reflexive Verbs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Tex's French Grammar is a great, succinct lesson on Pronominal (reflexive, idiomatic & reciprocal) verbs. Site has short, very usable written and auditory examples and dialogues which can be used for listening...
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University of Texas at Austin

Tex's French Grammar: Negation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Tex's French Grammar provides good information on negation. "Different nuances of negation are achieved by using the following negative expressions: ne jamais, ne pas encore, ne rien, ne personne, ne pas du tout." Site...
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Other

Vision Technology for the Totally Blind

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting application of wearable computing that is helping blind people "see". vOICe technology uses synthetic (bionic) vision through auditory video representations, combined with current brain implant and retinal implant...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Ideasthesia: How Do Ideas Feel?

For Students 9th - 10th
The traditional model of our mental function is that first our senses provide data to our brain, which then translates those senses into the appropriate mental phenomena: light into visual images, air vibrations into auditory...
Article
Frontiers Media

Frontiers: Seeing With Your Ears: A Wondrous Journey Across the Senses

For Students 3rd - 8th
For dozens of years it has been believed that the brain is organized into "sensory areas": that is, that there is a "visual area," an "auditory area," and so forth, and that the visual area can only process visual information. It has...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: How the Body Works: Your Nose

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the nose and its function in the olfactory system of the human body. For auditory learners, a read-aloud feature is also available.
Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Taking Care of Your Teeth

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn the importance of practicing good dental hygiene. For auditory learners, a read-aloud feature is also available.
Handout
Curated OER

Kids Health: Allergies

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the causes. examples, and treatments for allergies. For auditory learners, a read-aloud feature is also available.
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American Academy of Family Physicians

Family doctor.org: Allergic Rhinitis

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about all types of allergies and allergic reactions. Article includes symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of common allergies. For auditory learners, a read-aloud feature is also available.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 17: Irony Made Understandable

For Teachers 9th - 10th
One of the more difficult literary concepts to teach is irony, especially ironic point of view. Not only do students often miss the subtle linguistic clues, they become distracted by the issue of author's intent. Whether it's the classic...
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: School (La Escuela)

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful site for Spanish speaking ELL. Beginning level has instructions in Spanish and an excellent variety of activities focusing (in this section), on alphabet, numbers, time, classroom vocabulary, school subjects, titles. Auditory...
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: School (La Escuela): Listening Dialog

For Students 9th - 10th
This site for Spanish-speaking English language learners. Students listen to a short dialog between two students who discuss their new class schedules. Presented in both written and auditory formats, students answer comprehension...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Moon Phases

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson will familiarize students with the phases of the moon. It can be taught in a unit dealing with the solar system. It involves all learning types-kinesthetic, auditory, tactile, and visual.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Phases of the Moon

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson will familiarize students with the phases of the moon. It can be taught in a unit dealing with the solar system. It involves all learning types-kinesthetic, auditory, tactile, and visual.
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Do Learner Types Need in Style Instruction?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How does the mind work - and how does it learn? Teachers' instructional decisions are based on a mix of theories learned in teacher education, trial and error, craft knowledge, and gut instinct. Such gut knowledge often serves us well,...
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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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