Experiments on hearing
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Experimentation instructions:
Experiments on hearing which every student can easily do, for example, directional hearing with a tube.
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2018-07-27
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The experiment cards provide instructions for the following experiments:
• Cover your ears
• Direction hearing with a hose
• Replicate the eardrum with paper and grains of sand
• Ringing of bells
The experiments can be done independently by the students, for example as station training/learning circle either alone or in small groups.
The results observed should be discussed together.
Information and ideas:
Observe the safety information in the instructions as well as the applicable safety guidelines for your school and discuss it with your students.
Relevant for teaching:
Structure and function of a sensory organ
Reception of stimuli and transmission of information
Communication
Acoustic phenomena
Vibrations and waves
• Cover your ears
• Direction hearing with a hose
• Replicate the eardrum with paper and grains of sand
• Ringing of bells
The experiments can be done independently by the students, for example as station training/learning circle either alone or in small groups.
The results observed should be discussed together.
Information and ideas:
Observe the safety information in the instructions as well as the applicable safety guidelines for your school and discuss it with your students.
Relevant for teaching:
Structure and function of a sensory organ
Reception of stimuli and transmission of information
Communication
Acoustic phenomena
Vibrations and waves
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Biology; Personal, social and health education (PSHE); Physics
Grade 1 to 4; Grade 5 to 6; Grade 7 to 9
Elementary school; Middle/high school
Sense of hearing; Sound; Hearing process; Sound (basic phenomenon)
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