Marisa A. Ferrarese
This unit combines art and science going beyond the textbook to educate students about their world, while also meeting required standards. This curriculum unit achieves the recently updated content standards proposed by the Core Science Curriculum Framework proposed by the State of Connecticut and supported by the New Haven Public School System. More specifically, this unit addresses three of the four established content standards: How sounds and light are forms of energy, how perceiving and responding to information about the environment is critical to the survival of organisms, and how humans have the capacity to build and use tools to advance the quality of their lives. Each of these standards corresponds to a set of expected performances and this unit addresses six out of nine listed below.
Describe the structure and function of the human senses and the signals they perceive.
Describe the factors that affect the pitch and loudness of sound produced by vibrating objects.
Describe how sound is transmitted, reflected and/or absorbed by different materials.
Describe how light is absorbed and/or reflected by different surfaces.
Describe how light absorption and reflection allow one to see the shapes and colors of objects.
Compare and contrast the structures of the human eye with those of the camera.