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This activity (8th activity on the page) tests learners' ability to identify things using only the sense of hearing.

free Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners use a mortar and pestle to extract clove oil from cloves using denatured alcohol. They put this oil on paper, which they can take home.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate the sense of sight and develop and conduct their own experiments.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners investigate the sense of hearing and plan and conduct their own experiments.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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Use this activity (13th activity on the page) to introduce learners to the sense of touch. Learners collect objects of varying textures like feathers, rocks, sand, etc.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this game (4th activity on the page) about hearing, learners test their ability to identify various sounds without looking.

free Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this neuroscience activity (4th activity on the page), learners make their own set of Von Frey hairs to test detection thresholds.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity (last activity on the page), learners make a model of the eardrum (also called the "tympanic membrane") and see how sound travels through the air.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate the touch sensory system and discover how to plan and carry out their own experiments.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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This activity (9th activity on the page) about hearing demonstrates to learners the importance of having two ears.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners work in partners to create and exchange messages written in Braille. Learners use a Braille key and thumbtacks to write their messages in Braille.

free Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this online brain stumper, the bottom half of a series of letters is covered. You may think you know what it says, but remove the black bar to see if you're right.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity (4th activity on the page), learners test to see if saliva is necessary for food to have taste.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity (2nd activity on the page), learners explore how the nose is responsible for part of the flavor we taste in food.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners follow a recipe to create play dough scented with fruit-flavored drink mix.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners examine their tongue and taste buds.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 18 Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners sniff out scents hidden in balloons! After investigating, learners discover we sometimes can use another sense (smell) to detect things too small to see.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this game-like activity (5th activity on the page), learners explore their auditory acuity as well as the importance of having two ears.

free Ages 4 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity (9th activity on the page), learners work in pairs to see how their perception of touch differs from reality.

free Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (1st activity on the page), learners explore their sense of taste and the structure of the tongue by taste-testing various foods.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes