Activity One
What was that you say?
P.L.O:-
Students will use the sense of hearing to evaluate different noises
made by students.
Materials:
Procedures:
1. Have one student either face away from everyone else or
blindfold themselves. Since some students may have a problem with
being blindfolded they may decide which is better for them.
2. The selected student will then evaluate the noises he hears from the
others.
3. Have the students take turns trying to "stump" the others.
- You may want to ask the students what kinds of
sounds are similar?
4.
As the class gives each of the noises keep a master list of each of the
noises given to be used later to evaluate the students.
5. After each child has gone instruct them to make their way to a
computer.
6. Have them log onto the site listed above to extend the learning
experience. Here they will try to match the correct sound with the
correct object.
Product:
After the students have had time to fully experience the website
instruct them to log off the computers and return to their desks.
Allow them to compare their answers from the earlier activity.
Read the master list that you, the teacher has recorded to allow the
students the correct their paper. This will allow them to see what
noises seem to be similar when heard.
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Activity
Two
Crazy
Eyes!
P.L.O.
-Students will use this website to explore some optical illusions.
Students will discover how optical illusions work.
Materials :
Procedures:
1. Have students go to computers with paper and pencil.
2. Have the students log onto the website listed above.
3. Before doing the activities at the top of the page, have the
students scroll to the bottom to see how these optical illusions work.
4. Have the students write down on their paper how they think an
optical illusion works in their own words after they have read the
information.
5. Have the students perform some of the illusions at the top of the
page.
- What was difficult for them?
Allow the students to record their findings.
Product:
1. The student's papers should reflect the individual students'
preference to optical illusions. Check for understanding by looking at
the involvement in the recorded data.
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Activity
Three
No flava with
out Saliva!
P.L.O.
-Students will discover why saliva is important to taste.
Materials:
- Paper towels
- Foods to taste
(cookies, crackers, pretzels, or other dry food)
- Drinking water
for everyone
Procedure:
- Have the
students use a clean paper towel to dry off their tongue.
- Tell the
students to taste each food, one by one.
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- Tell the
students to have a drink of water.
- Now allow the
students to taste each food again, letting your saliva do its magic!
6. Tell the students to record each of the items being tasted on
a piece of paper and describe each before and after each trial.
Product:
1. The students' recording will reflect the individual tasting .
Make sure each student ha the time to record everything he taste.
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