Activity (Hands-On)Grades 5 - 8
Hearing: How Do Our Ears Work?
Materials List
Each group needs:
- LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Intelligent Brick
- LEGO MINDSTORMS Sound Sensor
- whistle
- How Do Our Ears Work? Pre-Activity Quiz (PDF), one per student
- Sound Intensity Worksheet (PDF), one per student
- The Marvelous Ear Post-Activity Quiz (PDF), one per student
To share with the entire class:
- computer and projector to show the The Marvelous Ear Presentation (PPTX), a PowerPoint file
- vacuum cleaner (and other sound-making items that can be measured for sound levels)