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Topic: Personal Health

Grade Level: Third   

District Health Standard: Describe health habits that protect the eyes and ears. 

Lesson Summary: The students will learn about the parts and function of the eyes and ears.

Textbook Connections: McGraw-Hill Health, Ch. 1, pg. 16-19.
McGraw-Hill Web-Linked Activities

Technology: Internet Connection

Instructional Input:

Ear Activity:

1.  Have students close their eyes.  For two minutes, no one makes a sound.  They only listen to the sounds around them.  After the two minutes, students list the different sounds that they heard.

2.  Brainstorm with the class the different ways that hearing is needed in our everyday activities.

3.  Compare and contrast with the class how their lives would be different with and without the sense of hearing.

4.  Direct students to the Story Page where they will take a short quiz on hearing and then watch a movie about the make-up and function of the ear. 

Eye Activity:

1.  Choose 2 students to demonstrate the Importance of vision by having one student put on a blindfold and stand at the doorway while the second student verbally guides the first to his desk.

2.  Brainstorm with the class the different ways that vision Is needed In our everyday activities.

3.  Compare and contrast with the class how their lives would be different with and without the sense of vision.

4.  Direct students to the Story Page where they will take a short quiz on vision and then watch a movie about the make-up and function of the eye. 

WebQuests:  
Ears 
Eyes

Websites:

BrainPop
http://www.brainpop.com/health/senses/hearing/index.weml

http://www.brainpop.com/health/senses/vision/index.weml

Free Graphics
htttp:www.free-graphics.com/animations/eyes

Authors:  Anita Duncan, Susie Kaufman, Michelle Wilkes, Steve Thornton