Hearing

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.