Lesson Plan 3
Lesson Plan 3
Lesson Plan 3
Learning Targets/Objectives:
The second-grade students will be able to demonstrate how sound travels by building their
own model of the ear.
Assessment Scale:
Proficient: Can explain their model with great detail
Basic: Can explain their model with some detail
Below basic: Can explain their model with little detail
Subject Matter/Content:
How sound travels
Prerequisites:
Know the parts of the ear
Key Vocabulary:
Ear
o The part of the body we hear with
Outer ear
o Part of ear we can see
Auditory canal
o Sound travels through it
Hammer
o A bone between the eardrum and the oval wall
Anvil
o A bone between the eardrum and the oval wall
Stirrup
o A bone between the eardrum and the oval wall
Cochlea
o The curled-up part that looks like a seashell
Cilia
o Cells covered in tiny hairs
Brain
o What we use to think
Content/Facts:
Sound travels from the outer ear through the auditory canal
The sound waves bump back and forth into the eardrum
The bumping into the eardrum causes the hammer, anvil, and stirrup to shake
When the hammer, anvil, and stirrup shake, it causes the waves in the fluid of the
vestibule and cochlea
The waves go through the cochlea and cause the cilia to bend
When the cilia bend, the hearing cells send out signals
The signals are then sent to the brain
The brain then makes sense out of the signals and makes them into what we hear
Introduction/Activating/Launch Strategies:
Watch a YouTube video about hearing
Ask if anyone knows how sound travels
Development/Teaching Approaches
Closure/Summarizing Strategies:
The teacher will summarize that today they talked about how sound travels
The teacher will review the process in which sound travels
The teacher will say that they will be learning about deafness tomorrow
Accommodations/Differentiation:
The images will be large enough for the students to see
The images will appeal to the visual learners
The video will appeal to the visual and auditory learners
The inquiry activity will appeal to the kinesthetic learners
Students with hearing impairments can be given a printed-out version of the
PowerPoint as well as printed directions for the activity
Materials/Resources:
Stiff card
Tape
Modeling clay
Rubber band
Cardboard tube
Flashlight
Plastic wrap
Sheet of paper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMXoHKwWmU8
Ardley, Neil. Science Book of Senses. Gulliver, 1991.
Cooney, Timothy. Scott Foresman Science. Pearson/Scott Foresman, 2008.
Showers, Paul, and Holly Keller. Ears Are for Hearing. Harper Trophy, 1993.
Simon, Seymour. Eyes and Ears. Harper Collins Publishers, 2003.
Reflective Response:
Report of Student Learning Target/Objectives Proficiency Levels