3.25 Hear Today, and Tomorrow
This is a large-group mentoring lesson (“Hear Today, AND Tomorrow”) from the National FFA Grow Your PALS Program Guide that teaches students about the human ear. Through hands-on activities such as “sound shakers,” a five-volunteer demonstration of the hearing process, and a collage activity, students learn the meaning of “auditory,” how the ear functions, and ways to protect their ears from loud noise.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define the term auditory.
- Detail how the human ear works.
- Identify ways to protect our ears.
- Time required
- 50 minutes
- Materials
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- Five yogurt/cottage cheese containers or small juice bottles
- Water, marbles, sand, pennies, cotton, cereal (enough to fill each container above)
- Construction paper for decorating each bottle
- Pictures of ears: Human, dog, cat, goat, horse, elephant, chicken, donkey, elf ear, etc.
- Magazines, paper, scissors, glue – per student or group
- Funnel
- Drum/picture of a drum
- Sea shell
- Brain model or a picture of a brain with shoestrings attached
- Thawed freezer pop
- Small table with chairs arranged around it in a circular shape
- PALS3.25.LG.AS.A – Inner ear diagram to be drawn on a writing surface or projected
- Unit
- Miscellaneous
- Lesson Type
- Large Group
- Precepts
- A. Action — A1. Work independently and in groups to get things done; E. Awareness — E1. Address issues important to the community
- National Standards
- None available
- Key Terms
- Auditory