Category Archives: Instructional content

What you’ll Learn from this diagram:

Make sure students understand the video.
The appearance and location of different parts of the ear.

What to do:

Use the information from the video [Content #7] to help fill out the diagram.
When filling out the diagram with the class, describe or listen to other people’s descriptions of what each part does.

Instructional Content #7: How Your Ears Work Video

March 25, 2025Instructional content #7 How Your Ears Workshihongli1

What you’ll Learn from the video:

The different sections of the ear (outer, middle, inner). o The roles of the different sections of the ear.
The different specific parts of the ear and their function.
Protecting the ear (the roll of earwax, earplugs).

What to do:

Understand how the different sections of the ear work and what the roll each section plays in helping you hear noises.
Know the parts in each section of the ear.
Use the information in the video to fill out the ear diagram quiz [Content #8]

Instructional Content #6: Skin diagram

March 25, 2025Instructional content #6 Skin diagramshihongli1

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What you’ll learn from the diagram

A more detailed look at the concepts the video covered
The ability to look at everything in one place, in an anatomically correct diagram

What to do

Students can discuss the concepts they learned from the instructional video.
They can talk to their neighbouring students and express their ideas
They can apply the ideas presented in the video relating to temperature, and conjecture about how they affect the anatomy of the skin

Instructional Content #5: How Your Skin Works Video

March 25, 2025Instructional content #5 How Your Skin Works Videoshihongli1

In this section of the lesson, you’ll explore an informative and engaging video.

The instructional content will be centered around this video. For the duration of this section, we will pause intermittently and reference the video, having discussions about the topics that video covers.

What you’ll learn from the video

The layers of the skin (subcutaneous fat, dermis, and epidermis)
The lifecycle of a skin cell
How melanin and pigmentation change the color of your skin
How sunburns and temperature work on your skin

What to do

You should pay close attention as you watch the video which you have the option to stream or download. Take your time.
Take notes while watching. Try writing down:
- 3 interesting facts you didn’t know before
- Learn the definitions of 2 new vocabulary words.
- 1 question you still have about touch
Look for key ideas like:
- How does our body produce new skin?
- How does it react to temperature?

Instructional Content #4: The Sense of Smell

March 25, 2025Instructional content #4 How does the sense of smell workshihongli1

Passage: The sense of smell is important for humans basic needs when considering the effects it has on everyday life. Smell can help detect hazards, such as smoke from a fire, smell can help connect us to past memories and even forgotten memories. Smell has the influence of attraction, and malaise. Smell is an essential being in everyday life.

What you’ll learn from this video:

Smells we detect are particles floating in the air.
In the nasal cavity there are small hairs that clean and filter the air.
The filtered air reaches the “Olfactory membrane” – this is the part of your body that sends the information to the brain.
The signals from the smell to the brain allow humans to make decisions based on the smells they receive.

What to do with this information:

Recognize your use of smell when it comes to everyday life, and recognizing how your brain makes impulse decisions based off of the smells you encounter.
You can create various sensory activities and experiments related to smell
You can create various art or business products with the specific focus on smell

Instructional Content #3: The Sense of Taste

March 25, 2025Instructional content #3 The Sense of Tasteshihongli1

Passage: The sense of taste is important for humans basic needs when considering the effects it has on everyday life. Taste has nutritional factors that help differentiate between healthy and unhealthy, yummy and disgusting, spoiled or rotten, etc. Taste has a major role in humans pleasure in eating and influences the appetite. Taste is heavily reliant on smell, which will be discussed in your lesson plan.

What you’ll learn from this video:

The tongue is the sensory organ responsible for taste perception.
Taste buds are in charge of collecting different information and sending it to the brain through the taste nerves.
The 5 basic tastes are: Sweet, Salty, Bitter, Sour & Umami (Savoury).
The location of each taste bud on the tongue.
Taste is a personal experience, and we all experience taste differently.

What to do with this information:

Learn what foods you like and don’t like.
Understand why someone else might not like the same foods as you.
Conduct taste testing experiments
Develop taste-based diets, guides or cookbooks

Intructional Content#2 How your ear works

March 25, 2025Instructional content #2 Hearing and Soundshihongli1

What You’ll Learn from the Video As you watch, you’ll discover:

The ear contains three main sections which include the outer ear, middle ear, and inner ear.
The mechanism by which sound moves through air as waves
The process by which your ears transmit sound signals to your brain
This lesson explains the reason behind different sounds having high and low pitches.
Your ears maintain your balance by performing specific functions.

What To Do

You should pay close attention as you watch the video which you have the option to stream or download. Take your time!
Take notes While watching, try writing down:
- 3 interesting facts you didn’t know before
- Learn the definitions of 2 new vocabulary words.
- 1 question you still have about hearing
Look for key sections like:
- How sound waves move
- The parts of the ear
- How the ear drum works

Optional: Reflection Prompt Think about this as you move forward:

Which sound brings you the most joy and what makes it so special to you? You are welcome to record your thoughts for later or post them in the comments section.

Instructional Content #1 How Our Eyes Work Video

March 23, 2025Instructional content #1 How Our Eyes Workshihongli1