Description
What our Human Ear lesson plan includes
Lesson Objectives and Overview: Human Ear teaches students all about the parts and functions of ears. Students will discover how the three main parts of an ear have separate functions and shared responsibilities. They will also learn how the ear works to help us register and understand sound waves. This lesson is for students in 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade.
Classroom Procedure
Every lesson plan provides you with a classroom procedure page that outlines a step-by-step guide to follow. You do not have to follow the guide exactly. The guide helps you organize the lesson and details when to hand out worksheets. It also lists information in the yellow box that you might find useful. You will find the lesson objectives, state standards, and number of class sessions the lesson should take to complete in this area. In addition, it describes the supplies you will need as well as what and how you need to prepare beforehand.
Options for Lesson
In the “Options for Lesson” section of the classroom procedure page, you will find a few more ideas or suggestions for additional activities or assignments. If you have time or want to extend the lesson, feel free to incorporate any of these options into the lesson plan. One option is to create an assignment in which students research the ears of an animal and find out how that animal hears sounds. (You could have students choose their own animal if you wish.) Another option is to have students research hearing aids and how they improve sound for those people who use them. One more idea is to use the sound from loud speakers to show sound waves.
Teacher Notes
The paragraph on this page provides a little more information or guidance on what to expect from the lesson. It mentions the value in using additional resources and activities. You may also benefit from adding a discussion about how hearing aids work for those with hearing difficulties. You can use the blank lines to record any thoughts you ideas you have as you prepare.
HUMAN EAR LESSON PLAN WORKSHEETS
The Human Ear lesson plan includes two worksheets: a practice worksheet and a homework assignment. Each worksheet helps reinforce the lesson concepts and allows students to demonstrate what they learned in different ways. You can refer to the guide on the teacher notes page to determine when to hand out each worksheet to the students.
HUMAN EAR PRACTICE WORKSHEET
For the practice worksheet, students will label the different parts of the ear. There is a diagram that shows where each label belongs. There is a total of 12 different parts that students must label. You can choose whether or not to allow students to use the content pages for reference as they complete this assignment.
MULTIPLE CHOICE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
The homework assignment spans three pages. There are 21 questions total that students must answer. Once again, you can decide whether or not students can refer to the content pages for help as they work on this assignment.
Worksheet Answer Keys
The last several pages of the lesson PDF are answer keys. All the correct answers are in red to make it easy to compare them to students’ work. Given the nature of the worksheets, there should be no variation in students’ responses. If you choose to administer the lesson pages to your students via PDF, you will need to save a new file that omits these pages. Otherwise, you can simply print out the applicable pages and keep these as reference for yourself when grading assignments
