TEACHER ENRICHMENT INITIATIVES

Curriculum

Challenges and Changes: Sensitivity to Vision & Hearing Compromises

Topic: Vision

Overview:

Students will recognize the importance of sensory function in daily living.

Lesson 1: Anatomy of the Human Eye

Activity 1A: Anatomy of the Human Eye

Lesson 2: How We See

Activity 2A: Visual Pathways

Activity 2B: Visual Field Defects

Activity 2C: Keeping in Focus

Activity 2D: What We See Is What We See?

Lesson 3: Measuring Visual Acuity

Activity 3A: Measuring Visual Acuity

Activity 3B: Working with Eye Charts

Activity 3C: Figuring Visual Acuity

Lesson 4: Living with Visual Impairments

Activity 4A: Seeing Straight

Activity 4B: Processing Out Seeing Straight

Lesson 5: Anatomy of the Human Ear

Activity 5A: Anatomy of the Human Ear

Lesson 6: How We Hear

Activity 6A: How We Hear

Activity 6B: Sound Waves

Activity 6C: "Seeing" and "Feeling" Sound Waves

Lesson 7: Measuring Hearing Impairment

Activity 7A: Charting Audiograms

Lesson 8: Hearing Handicap

Activity 8A: "Did I Hear Ya' Right?"

Activity 8B: Donning a Hearing Impairment

Activity 8C: Amplify

Activity 8D: Caregiver for the Hearing Impaired

Activity 8E: Measuring Hearing Handicap in Elders

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