Level
Middle School (Grades 6-8)

Duration
75-90 minutes

Summary
Students will engage in a two-point touch discrimination experiment using calipers to explore how the brain receives and interprets information through touch. They will collect and analyze class data to investigate which body parts are most sensitive and how diverse touch perception is. Students will write a refleciton allowing them to connect their findings to neurodiversity.

Materials
Student worksheet
Powerpoint slides
"Senses & The Brain" video clip
"Sensory Processing and the Brain" video clip
"What are Calipers Used For?" video clip
Calipers (one per group of 3-4)
Data collection sheet (one per student)
Pencils
Graphing paper or pre-printed graph templates (for bar graph or dot plot)
Device with internet access

Created by
Annie Lai

Edited by
Diana Li, PhD
Maya Velasco
Preeti Natarajan
Verithia Hood
Zoya Khan

With input from
Alison Cohen
Emma Schmich
Huan Wang
Keltoum Medmourh
Mackenzie Wittmer
Rebecca Marcos
Rosalily Belandres-Rios
Stephen Kos
Yishan Lee

Supported by

The Dana Foundation