US Senate
Senate Stories: "Have You No Sense of Decency?"
Read about the abrupt downfall of Senator Joseph McCarthy after the damage he did with his anti-Communist witch hunts.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Sensory Perception
Learn the different types of sensory receptors, and describe the structures responsible for the special senses of taste, smell, hearing, balance, and vision.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Fabulous Five
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains sorting, graphing and assessment concerning our five senses.
Other
Ergonomics4 Schools: The Learning Zone: Aesthetics
The term 'aesthetics' concerns our senses and our responses to an object. If something is aesthetically pleasing to you, it is 'pleasurable' and you like it. If it is aesthetically displeasing to you, it is not pleasurable and you don't...
Other
American Society for Engineering Education: E Gfi: Jingle Bell Silencer Challenge
Can you muffle the sound of a jingle bell using a variety of Christmas-themed items? Explore your sense of hearing in this simple activity. Includes a video of Gemini astronauts playing Jingle Bells while in space in 1965. [1:22]
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain Community College: The Nervous System
This online biology book chapter offers definitions and descriptions of the nervous system's components.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Perception
Try one of these 33 perception activities in your classroom.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Sound and Fury: Deaf and Diverse
Identify beliefs, values and attitudes of deaf culture. Explore the causes and special communication needs of deafness, research the role that American Sign Language plays in forging a sense of community and create your own "sign name".
Other
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum (Japan): Faq About Dinosaurs
Many of the questions students may have about dinosaurs are answered here. It covers how dinosaurs protected themselves, how they moved, their senses, what they ate and how they reproduced.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Taking Care of Your Ears
An informative site that deals with the parts of the ear and their functions. Text is complemented with pictures.
Other
Society for Neuroscience: Brain Facts [Pdf]
This is a publication on the human brain and how it works. Gives details on the neuron, how the senses interact with the brain and much more. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
Curated OER
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.
Curated OER
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.
Curated OER
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.
Other
Solar Music Helioseismology
This lesson plan demonstrates how to gather knowledge about an object (the Sun) using our sense of hearing. This lesson is designed for grade levels K-3.
University of Washington
University of Washington: Synesthesia
Have you ever seen something and associated it with a taste? If so, you many have Synesthesia. This condition is not widely publicized but may be present in as many as 1 out of every 200 individuals. Learn more about "joined perception"...
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: The Five Senses: Hearing
An image of "The Five Senses: Hearing", created by Abraham Bosse, c. 1635 (Oil on canvas, 104 x 137 cm).
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.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Imagery Chart [Pdf]
A short graphic organizer for students in studying the literary element of imagery. Includes a definition and chart with five sections with examples, one for each of the senses.
Other
Sim Professional Development and Enterprise Learning: 3 Reasons Why Systems Thinking Is Important for Innovation
In a world where interconnectedness and complexity hold sway, systems thinking offers a disciplined approach to make sense of the world and find innovative solutions to problems. How can a disciplined systems thinking approach lead...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Photography With Near Infrared Illumination
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have an extra sense? What if you could hear above the normal range (ultrasound) like dogs or bats? This project shows you how you can use a camera, tripod and a special filter to take...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Measuring Vibrational Frequency With Light
Strike a key on the piano, and you hear the string vibrating. Just about any object vibrates when it's knocked, but how much and how fast? This project helps you find out. You'll build a simple light-sensing circuit for measuring the...
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 3 10 14: Let's Play . . . Musical Ice Creams?
Learn about something called Lickestra and how its creators have found a fun way to create a new experience with their senses of taste and hearing. Includes video. [3:02]
Other
The Verge: All the Ways Congress Is Taking on the Tech Industry
After the 2016 presidential contest and years of investigations from intelligence experts, Congress woke up to the power Big Tech holds over democracy - whether it's through collecting data or serving up political ads. For legislators,...