He was right.
Apparently I heard the first 4 beeps, while some kids in my class claim to have heard over 7. Eek. The good news however, is that I'm tied for the best teacher score (with the other 25 year old teacher).
After he left, two of my kids were discussing the experiment and the results. I heard them trying to sort it all out, and this is their conclusion:
"The older you get, the bigger your ears get. So you would think you can hear better. But... the older you get, the older your brain gets, and pretty soon, it can't power all that ear."
So wise.
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Now THATS Science!
But really the steps to logical thinking are there, they just need more experience! Congrats, teacherlady
I need to pass this along to my father. His brain hasn't been powering all that ear for quite some time now!
My theory: it has to do with ear hair build up. I'm not sure how to test this though.
I think we test the ear hair by seeing if it floats, or weighs the same as a duck.
You have some very brilliant students. I like to call it.... brain fog.
Mom
That is so funny because Chris found a program for the iphone that does the same thing, and you should have seen my mom freak because she couldn't hear the beeps. She was literally almost in tears. I will be sure to educate her on why she couldn't hear them.
She shouldn't feel bad; apparently kids in Junior High and High School are setting their phones to that high frequency. The teachers can't hear it go off, but the kids can and are in hysterics. Mutiny.
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