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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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University of Washington

Neuroscience for Kids: Reflexes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Site provides interactive activities to use in the classroom to test one's reflexes. Also includes more reaction time experiments as well as links to more fun activities.
Interactive
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Ear Cross Section

For Students 3rd - 8th
An interactive labeling exercise on parts of the human ear.
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Play a Painting

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Find a classroom activity that can be used to enhance understanding of the relationship between music and art.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Earworms: Those Songs That Get Stuck in Your Head

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever been waiting in line at the grocery store, innocently perusing the magazine rack, when a song pops into your head? Not the whole song, but a fragment of it that plays and replays until you find yourself unloading the...
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Other

Tsbvi: Sensory Integrative Dysfunction in Young Children

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An article on Sensory Integrative Dysfunction. Beginning with a definition of sensory integration, the author goes on to trace the history of what is now called sensory integration and its dysfunction. Included here are discussions of...
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Other

Ld Pride Online: Learning Styles & Multiple Intelligence

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you looking to find out how you learn best? Explore the world of learning styles and multiple intelligences through on online quiz. Through identifying your learning style, you will be able to capitalize on your strengths and skills.
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Other

Ld Pride: Learning Styles Explained

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource helps explain the different styles of learning. Also includes tests to see what kind of a learner you are.
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Other

Ld Pride: Learning Styles Explained

For Teachers 9th - 10th
LdPride.net offers resources that explain the different styles of learning. Tests can also be found on this site that helps determine which intelligence you favor most.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Ecological Behaviors: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this quick quiz to check comprehension of several ecological survival behaviors of animals.
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American Speech Language Hearing Association (Asha): Types of Hearing Loss

For Students 9th - 10th
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) distinguishes between the three types of hearing loss. Also provided is information on the seven categories of hearing loss and hearing loss configurations.
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Other

Alzheimer Society Canada: Treatment, Drug Treatments

For Students 9th - 10th
This site allows you to research drugs such as Aricept and Exelon that are available in Canada to treat people with Alzheimer's disease. This site also explains that drugs to stop the disease are not yet available.
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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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.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Writing Narratives

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Notes, a PowerPoint presentation, two videos, a song, an exercise, and a game help students to understand how to write a narrative. Elements of a narrative as well as the use of figurative language and sensory images are introduced and...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Elements of Speech Communication

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses the elements of speech communication including the speaker, message, types of channels, audience, and feedback.
Article
Other

Pro health.com: Scientists Devise Scale for Measuring Alzheimer's

For Students 9th - 10th
This article reveals that researchers have devised a way to measure the severity of Alzheimer's disease using an index.
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Other

Enrichment 101 : A Basic Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
This article gives a good overview of the topic of captive animal enrichment -- keeping captive animals healthy and thriving. Good for those interested in animal welfare, animal keeping occupations, or a general interest in the whole...
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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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Success Link

Success Link: Hands on Alphabet

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
A lesson plan that incorporates different learning styles for teaching the letters of the alphabet.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Can Tickling Help Us Understand Some Symptoms of Schizophrenia?

For Students 9th - 10th
Can tickling help us understand some symptoms of schizophrenia? Read about a study that was conducted on this topic and answer questions based on the given bar graph.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Understanding Batesian Mimicry

For Students 9th - 10th
Biological mimicry is a fascinating subject and Batesian mimicry does not disappoint. It occurs as a protective mechanism when one defenseless species mimics characteristics of a species that can harm or even poison a predator. Examples...
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Curated OER

Auditory System

For Students 9th - 10th
Article from Benbest entitled "Chapter 6 -- Basic Cerebral Cortex Function Other than Vision."
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Curated OER

Mc Gill University: Auditory Mechanics Laboratory: Photos: Housefly

For Students 9th - 10th
Close-up photograph of a housefly.

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