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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Bikini Atoll: Senses: Observation of Familiar Materials and Objects

For Students K - 1st
Students use their senses to identify and describe objects.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Antarctica: Which Types of Sounds Do You Know?

For Students K - 1st
For this lesson, students learn about the five senses, identify objects that make sound, and take a fun fact quiz at the end.
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Handout
Curated OER

Kids Health: How the Body Works: Your Nose

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the nose and its function in the olfactory system of the human body. For auditory learners, a read-aloud feature is also available.
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Handout
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Merck Manual: Smell and Taste Disorders

For Students 9th - 10th
The Merck Manual offers an interesting article that describes ways in which your sense of smell can be affected. Diagnosis and treatment for loss of smell are also discussed.
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Activity
PBS

Newton's Apple: Taste and Smell

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Discusses the senses of smell and taste and describes their interconnectedness. Provides an activity to investigate the interactive nature of taste and smell.
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Article
Frostburg State University

General Chemistry Online: Fire and Spice

For Students 9th - 10th
A game of missing match-ups is similar to the way different molecules align to ignite olfactory nerves. Gain insight into the theory of odor.
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Graphic
McGraw Hill

The Mc Graw Hill Companies, Inc.: Sense of Smell

For Students 9th - 10th
This informative site provides information on the olfactory receptors, olfactory epithelium, and olfactory bulb. Detailed drawing supplement the text along with an animation that depicts the movement of molecules through the nose.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Taste and Smell

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Imagine you open a gallon of milk, and you suddenly smell a foul odor. Your sense of smell has informed you that the milk has spoiled. So you pour the spoiled milk...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Speedy Smells

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore how the mass of a molecule affects how quickly a smell will reach our noses.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Senses

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how sensory stimuli are perceived and interpreted.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Have You Seen My Mother?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This instructional activity will introduce the sense of smell. It will show how an animal, such as a bat, finds its baby by using the sense of smell. Students will have the opportunity to view information on the Internet to learn more...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Diminished Sensory Input and the Enjoyment of Food

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-question quiz pertaining to the passage "Diminished Sensory Input and the Enjoyment of Food."
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Taste and Smell Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 10-question quiz pertaining to taste and smell.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.52 Taste and Smell

For Students 5th - 9th
Understand the human senses of taste and smell.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: How Plants Spice Up Our Lives

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students take apart and label basic parts of a plant in this lesson plan. The students also use kitchen spices to determine which part of a plant was used for various flavorings.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Introduction to the Senses

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan allows learners to investigate body parts associated with each of the five senses.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Mystery of the Senses Smell

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Understand how the sense of smell has strong connection to the limbic region of the brain and experience how the brain associates smells with memories and emotions.
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Interactive
Other

Senses: Online Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Have fun finding words associated with the five senses: smell, taste, touch, hearing, and sight. When finished with the game, rescramble the word search and play again.
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Activity
Treehut

Suzy's World: How to Attract a Shark

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site from Suzy's World, which is a personal site from Suzy Cato, explores the shark's great sense of smell. Content includes shark facts and a fun (and smelly) experiment.
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Activity
The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute: Classified

For Students Pre-K - 1st
At this site from The Franklin Institute you can practice classifying objects according to physical structure and characteristics.
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Interactive
South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Nasa Online: Smell: Common Causes of Household Odors

For Students 3rd - 8th
An explanation of how fungi and bacteria create unpleasant odors in a home environment.
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Graphic
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Imagery Chart [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short graphic organizer for students in studying the literary element of imagery. Includes a definition and chart with five sections with examples, one for each of the senses.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Science Projects and Experiments: Sense of Smell

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn by experimenting with science. Project about the sense of smell.
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Handout
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Smelling and Tasting

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of smelling and tasting. Two senses of the human body.