Hearing is often the sense that we take for granted until for some reason our hearing is significantly impaired. Then we notice and lament the loss. How good is your hearing? Have you suffered from Original Papers

Hearing is often the sense that we take for granted until for some reason our hearing is significantly impaired.  Then we notice and lament the loss.  How good is your hearing?  Have you suffered from any hearing loss?  If so, were you part of the cause.  In the links below, test the age of your hearing range compared to biological age.  Is your hearing age younger, meaning you have great hearing, or significantly older meaning you have hearing loss?  What do you think is the cause of this hearing loss?  What changes can you make to ensure that you hearing is not damaged further?  How does you situation compare to you classmates?

https://www.echalk.co.uk/Science/biology/hearing/HowOldIsYourHearing/resource.htmlLinks to an external site.

https://calhearing.com/ear-buds-may-lead-to-hearing-loss-but-it-can-be-avoided/Links to an external site.

https://www.houstonmethodist.org/blog/articles/2021/feb/headphones-and-your-health-can-loud-music-cause-hearing-lossLinks to an external site.

Part 2

Physical Science News Article Reaction

  Directions:  

1. Find an article of science news that was published in the last twelve months and that connects to our class and answer these questions about it. 

2. Some good places to check for ideas:

w   Tech Times.com, Science Page    ß (this is the best option)

w   Science News for Students.org 

w   Popular Science

w   Discover Magazine

w   Popular Mechanics 

w   WIRED Magazine

3. Don’t use Wikipedia isn’t a good source for this project. (there are better news sites for science)

4. Remember to print out and staple a copy of the article to the back of the worksheet.

 w Bibliographic Information

w   Author(s) of article:

w   Title of article:

w   Name of magazine, newspaper, website, etc. containing the article:

w   Date article was published:

w Summary Information

1. Briefly state the main idea or thesis presented in this article:  (1 paragraph)

1. Summarize the three most important information, ideas, facts, etc. presented in this article: (3 paragraphs total)

A)

B)

C)

w Connection to Physical Science Class

            3.  How is this article linked to something we learned in class? (1 paragraph)

w Personal Reaction

4.  What was the three most surprising/interesting thing you found out by reading this article?  (1 paragraph)

5.   What three questions do you have after reading this article?  What would you like to learn more about?  (1 paragraph)