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Here's Miss Novak's class on a night walk in the woods, flashlights off.

Colby's eyes are wide open, but he cannot see the trees, the path or his hands.

Then an owl hoots, deep and slow, and a bat squeaks overhead.

Colby hears both, from the dark. Nothing seemed to touch his ears, and nothing seemed to touch his eyes.

So what reaches Colby when he hears, and what fails to reach him when he looks?

To find out, we will look at what makes a sound high or low, loud or quiet, and what must reach your eye for you to see.

Okay, so are you ready to find out what reaches your ears and your eyes?

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