Hearing: Teachers

Essentials of Hearing for Teachers

Brush up on the basic science involved in Sound and Hearing at the HyperPhysics site from Georgia State University.

Study Physics! covers the concepts of Frequency, Wavelength, & Amplitude.

Amazing Animal Senses — Some examples of how some animals sense the outside world.

Neuroscience for Kids

Lessons about the Senses from Neuroscience for Kids:

• A collection of different Experiments on Hearing. For Grades K–12.
• Experiment: Locating Sound Sources is a complete lesson plan, most suitable for middle and high school students.
• Experiments for all five senses.
• Here's an Interactive Word Search puzzle on the Ear.

Lesson Plans and More

The National Institute of Health has a Teacher Toolkit with lesson presentations, videos, and demonstrations about hearing.

Dangerous Decibels also offers an educator resource guide with lessons and hands-on activities.

For PreK and Kindergarten teachers, take a look at this lesson plan from Scholastic.

Check out these activities on the Physics of Sound.

PBS Learning Media offers a complete lesson plan for grades 5-7 that explores the importance of animal hearing in certain habitats and environments.

Inside the Ear and Hands-on Hearing are lesson plans designed for grades 3-4.

KidsHealth has a wealth of lesson plans and resources for teaching Hearing in grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-8.

Resources for Teachers

It's a Noisy Planet. Protect Their Hearing! — a public health campaign to protect against noise-induced hearing loss.

Audiology Net — an audiology and hearing healthcare informational website.

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders provides extensive information on hearing as well as diseases and conditions that cause hearing loss.