Mysterious Melodies: Your Senses Can Play Tricks On You

Submitted by smileadmin on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 19:32

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In this activity, learners discover that people often see what they expect to see and hear what they expect to hear. Your brain gets all of its information about the outside world through your five senses. But this is not enough information to put it all together. So your brain makes "best guesses" based on experience. This activity exposes those guesses for exactly what they are. Requires a partner for the "seeing" activity while the associated online activity about hearing can be done by an individual.

Quick Guide

Preparation Time: 5 to 10 minutes
Learning Time: 10 to 30 minutes
Estimated materials cost: 1 cent - $1 per student
Age Range: Ages 6 - 11
Resource Type: Activity
Language: English

Materials List (per student)

A printer to print out the special cards from the .pdf document
Scissors

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Music

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Life Sciences
- Human Body
  - The Brain and Nervous System
- Human Senses and Perception
  - Vision
  - Hearing
  - Perception
Physical Sciences
- Vibration and Waves
  - Sound