Utah Education Network
Uen: Five Senses and Four Seasons Quilt
This lesson engages students in liistening to Gerda Muller's book, My Circle of Seasons. Students will investigate how the five seasons will help them learn aobut the five seasons. Students will write individual cinquain poems and then...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Counting on Good Health
This multi-day lesson engages students in exploring healthy habits and components of the food pyramid. Students will describe their favorite foods that will be part of a class tasting party at the end of the days.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Descriptive Sensory Writing
In this lesson, 5th graders will engage in descriptive writing. Students will improve a piece of writing by using precise word choices that are full of sensory word choices.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Tour the Tongue
This audio interactive helps us learn how our sense of taste works, what happens in our brain as we eat, and why we have the ability to detect flavors like bitter and sweet. Discover why we only have five basic taste sensations: sweet,...
University of Washington
University of Washington: Neuroscience for Kids: Smell Experiments
Describes experiments students can do to investigate the sense of smell. The experiments target either grades K-6 and 3-12.
Education.com
Education.com: Words That Make Us Feel: A Lesson on Sensory Language
[Free Registration/Login Required] After this lesson centered around the book Owl Moon, students will be able to identify words and phrases that suggest feelings and appeal to the senses.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Does Crossed Hand/eye Dominance Affect Basketball Shooting %?
Everyone's used to the idea that people are either right-handed or left-handed for particular tasks. That is, one hand is preferred (or dominant) over the other for a particular task. Did you know that people also have a dominant eye?...
Globio
Glossopedia: Noses
Some are cold and wet. Others are long and droopy. Some are so sensitive they can detect a drop of blood in 94 liters of water. They're noses, a scent-sational sensory organ.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Gila Monster
This video segment from Outdoor Nevada looks at the Gila monster's behavior, habitat, and unique adaptive characteristics. [3:55]
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McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Education: Bioscience: Sensory System [Pdf]
A 22-page textbook chapter identifying sensory systems of animals and humans for those studying how the various senses assist adaptation to environments. Investigates classes of environmental stimuli as well as gives an in-depth...
CPALMS
Cpalms: A Chilly Feeling
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this close reading activity, the students will analyze the poem "It Fell in the City" by Eve Merriam. They will read the poem, identify words or phrases that show feelings or appeal to the senses,...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Optical Illusions and How They Work
What you see and what you think you see are different things. Find out what your brain doing behind-the-scenes!
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Quiz: Nervous System
Take this ten-question review quiz over the nervous systems of animals. Read more about each question after an incorrect answer is given.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Biology: Sensory Systems Post Test
Take this five-question post test over the sensory systems and receptors throughout the body. After hitting submit, check to read about the correct answers.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Biology: Sensory Systems Pretest
Take this five-question pretest over the sensory systems and receptors throughout the body. After hitting submit, check to read about the correct answers.
University of Washington
The Senses
This site has a collection of learning activities, games, experiments, and lesson plans on the five senses. Organized by grade level and topic, this site is packed with an assortment of interactive and engaging activities, that would...
University of Washington
Our Chemical Senses: Olfaction Experiments
This website provides information on our chemical senses. "Students learn how to investigate the olfactory system and then find out how to plan and carry out their own experiments."
University of Washington
University of Washington: The Senses Working Together
This website is dedicated to the "Senses working together." Learn how to play the sensory concentration game at this website and create a sense chart.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute Online: Coming to Our Senses
Help students make "Sense," of their senses by using them in the classroom. Site provides discovery activities students can do on themselves, in their classrooms and around campus. A scavenger hunt is also provided.
Next.cc
Next: Senses
Investigate your sensory system by engaging in the activities provided. Includes links to explore related sites pertaining to senses.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Listening Challenge With Your Ears
In this activity, students will be able to use their sense of hearing to figure out which film containers sound the same and contain the same substance. They will then match their containers and self-check their answers.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Backyard Science the Five Senses
Kindergarten young scholars will use their existing outdoor expertise to help them focus on the scientific study of their five senses in stations.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Colorful Sensory Poems
This lesson plan allows students to explore color - both in literal and figurative terms. Students will read books about color, discuss the emotion involved with color, and incorporate color metaphors to write poems using the graphic...
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Christmas Bear and His Five Senses
Come along with Eric as he teaches Christmas Bear how to use his five senses.