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Lesson 5-Elaborate/Evaluate Too Loud, Too Close, Too Long Lesson PlanLesson 5-Elaborate/Evaluate Too Loud, Too Close, Too Long Lesson Plan
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Lesson 5-Elaborate/Evaluate Too Loud, Too Close, Too Long

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Students begin with an analysis of loudness. They estimate the loudness of common environmental sounds, and then use their knowledge of hearing and loudness to evaluate the risk of noise-induced hearing loss for fictitious individuals. The module conclude

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hearing impaired, sound

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hearing loss, sound, science
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6th - 10th
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Science
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