上週，我們認識了新的感官：耳朵。我們製作了介紹外耳、中耳、內耳裡面的外耳道、鼓膜、耳蝸、耳咽管、錘骨、鐙骨和砧骨等耳朵構造的小書，了解聲音傳導的原理，也透過敲擊不同水位的玻璃杯、把玩樂器、製作聽覺筒和傳聲筒等活動，體會音高與聲波。
我們也學習到要如何好好保護重要的耳朵：1.說話時用正常音量說話，不要大吼大叫。2.聽音樂或看電視時音量不要開太大，耳機也不要戴太久。3.不可以把尖銳或細小的物品塞進耳朵，也不要自己掏耳朵。4.有聽覺異常時要找耳鼻喉科醫生做檢查。
我們也認識了觸覺。我們的全身上下隨時隨地都在接收來自四面八方的訊息。藉由冰塊畫、砂紙畫、炒蘿蔔遊戲等活動，讓我們用更豐富的方式認識世界，也練習用更多元的詞彙描述自己的感受。
除此之外，我們還認識了味覺喔！原來舌頭上的味蕾這麼重要，幫助我們好好品嚐白苦瓜、青苦瓜、自製香蕉冰淇淋、白醋、百香果、柳橙等豐富的味道。沒想到有不少人很喜歡吃苦瓜呢！我們也用顏色來描繪自己品嚐到的味道。
Last week, we learned about a new sense: ear. We made a booklet about the parts in the external ear, middle ear, and inner ear, including external auditory meatus, eardrum, cochlea, auditory tube, malleus, stapes, and Incus. We learned how sounds transit through the air and experience pitch and sound waves via clinking glasses with different amounts of water, playing various musical instruments, and making hearing bottles and cup phones.
We also learned several ways to protect our precious ears: 1. Speak with normal volume instead of yelling. 2. Turn down the volume when watching TV and listening to music and do not waer earphones for too long. 3. Keep sharp and small objects away from your ears and refrain from picking ears by yourself. 4. Go to the ENT doctor in case of any abnormal hearings.
We leaned about feelings as well. Our entire body is constantly receiving information from the outer world. We understood the world through various ways and practiced expressing our feelings with richer words by activities such as ice cube drawing, sandpaper painting, and frying radish song.
What's more, we even learned about our tsate! The taste buds are so important. They help us to taste all kinds of flavors including white and green bitter gourds, self-made banana ice cream, white vinegar, passion fuits, and oranges. Some people loved the bitter gourds! We also expressed the taste we had with colors.
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