Curated OER
Parents and Babies
Students examine different scents. In this science lesson, students are divided into being parents or babies and are each given a scent. The "parents" have to identify or infer the scent of their "baby" showing that every mammal has a...
Curated OER
The Peppermint Beetle
Learners describe various ways insects use their sense of smell, and examine why some insects use scent marking. They conduct a scent hunt, searching for a particular scent on the trees on school grounds.
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Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Smelling Up a Storm [Pdf]
An investigation for younger students into the different scents that come from plants.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Making Sense of Scents
How does your nose work in combination with your brain to analyze all the different scents you smell? Find out what scientists have discovered after studying how mouse brain cells react to different scents.
Mark Harden's Artchive
The Artchive Jasper Johns
This site provides access to 29 images of work by American artist Jasper Johns. Popup ads must be exited before you can see the image.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:wild Places: Follow Your Nose
Explore the migration behavior of various animals, and investigate the sense of smell as a tracking device for these migrations. Emulate salmons by following and scented path, and construct a map of the "river" as you head "upstream."
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 8.7 Communication
Learn about the many forms of animal communication.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Sniffing Safari
This PBS Kids activity is an extension of a Plum Landing episode featuring outdoor scents. Students will learn basic information about outdoor scents; students will also use online drawing tools to design an outdoor scene with...
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Tale of a Singing Zebra: Chapter 8: How to Find the Herd
This e-book shares a story of Roy the Zebra and his method for finding this herd. Students will develop their fluency and reading comprehension through this guided reading book.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Tale of a Singing Zebra: Chapter 9: The Big Twitch
This e-book shares the story of Roy the Zebra as he uses his nose to try and find his herd. Students will develop their fluency and reading comprehension through this guided reading book.