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five senses - hearing
By Cathy-Dee

This is probably my favorite out of all of the senses to teach. I do mainly centers but sometimes will do a few class activities as well.

Guess that sound - I went to London Drugs and asked for empty film canisters.
Most stores which develop film are more than happy to give you bag-fuls of canisters.
I labeled the tops of 12 canisters with coloured dots and numbered them 1 to 12. In each canister I put an object (kool-aid, marbles, dice, money, eraser, tacks, beads, etc.,). Then on a sheet that had pictures of canisters from 1 to 12 on it the students wrote or drew what they thought was in the

canister. When everyone in the group is done then I open the canisters to show what was inside.

Canister Sound Concentration - I took more canisters and made identical sets of sounds for the students to shake and try to find the one that matched. On the bottom of each canister I put coloured round labels and labeled them from A to K (or whatever letter I went to). So if the two letters matched the student then the sound did match. If the letters did not match they had to try again.

I purchased a couple of bingo sound games - they are not too expensive and up to 4 students can play.

Paper Plate Tambourines - the students decorate the plates and then we put in assorted beads, beans, etc., and I staple them together. We discuss vibration and how sound travels through vibration.

One center is a variety of things to look at - I have stethoscopes - we fill glass jars with water and listen to the change in sound if there is less water, more water when we clang a spoon on the jar. I tie string to the ends of a wire hanger - one string on each end - students then wrap the string around their index finger and stick their finger in their ear. Then I tap the hanger and they can hear the sound quite loud in their ear. Again we talk about vibration and how the sound travelled through the string. If we have time we make paper cup telephones.

We read several books on ears and hearing and we also see a couple of videos on how to take care of our ears and hearing.