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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Use The Polar Express to Develop Rich and Detailed Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Bring The Polar Express into your middle school classroom to spark the creativity of your emerging writers.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Does Your "Homunculus" Look Like?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the density of touch receptors in various parts of the body. They discover how the body senses various stimuli, then maps a picture of the "homunculus" of the experimental subject.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Descriptions

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students describe things using sensory words.  In this adjective lesson plan, students practice conversations describing items they touch.  Students use words to describe properties of items such as size and texture.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Different Ways to Travel

For Teachers Pre-K
Students use concentration and imagination to show different ways to move. In this body awareness instructional activity, students show different ways to move to music.  While the music is played students move around the room changing...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sensory Competition

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore examining something through one sense but experience competing input with another. The lesson also shows the plasticity of the brain and other cognitive functions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Left and Right Brains

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research the part of the brain known as the corpus callosum. The part of the brain that connects the left and right brain, students investigate its functions and how data passes from one side to another.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Imagine

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discuss the importance of using sensory words to describe objects; talking about words that refer to size, shape, texture, sound, smell, etc. They select a few objects around the classroom and use sensory words to describe.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Modernism: William Carlos Williams

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on William Carlos Williams and his poems using images of everyday life including "The Red Wheelbarrow" and "This is Just to Say."
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Commanding a Robot Using Sound

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students continue their exploration of the human senses and their engineering counterparts, focusing on the auditory sense. Working in small groups, students design, create and run programs to control the motion of LEGO TaskBots. By...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Hearing: How Do Our Ears Work?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students learn about the anatomy of the ear and how the ears work as a sound sensor. Ear anatomy parts and structures are explained in detail, as well as how sound is transmitted mechanically and then electrically through them to the...
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How Do Sensors Work?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Through six lesson/activity sets, students learn about the functioning of sensors, both human and robotic
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Is a Sensor?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students gain a rigorous background in the primary human sensors, as preparation for comparing them to some electronic equivalents in the associated activity.
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Other

Story md.com: Infant and Newborn Development

For Students 9th - 10th
When will my baby take his first step or say her first word? During their first year, babies start to develop skills they will use for the rest of their lives. The normal growth of babies can be broken down into the following areas:...
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Unit Plan
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Nervous System

For Students 9th - 10th
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human nervous system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
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Article
Other

Nhs: Sense Able Ideas: Activities to Improve Oral Motor Skills

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This booklet is to give you ideas and activities to help support your child / young person to improve the awareness and co-ordination of their oral motor skills.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Biology: Sensory Systems in Plants Post Test

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this five question assessment over plant sensory systems, and then after submitting the answers, review the concepts tested.
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Interactive
University of Washington

The Senses

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Other

Biology Online: Human Physiology: Sensory Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Study the many parts of the human body that make up the sensory systems. Be able to identify receptors, primary sensory coding, neural pathways and more with this biology resource.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: The Senses: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Five multiple-choice quiz questions covering the senses. Students have the opportunity to check their answers after submitting their results.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.43 Peripheral Nervous System

For Students 6th - 9th
Understand the structure and function of the peripheral nervous system in the human body.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.51 Touch

For Students 5th - 9th
Understand the human body's sense of touch.
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Imagery

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry that defines the term "Imagery."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Animals: Human Nervous System: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides an overview that explains the nervous system in humans. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Animals: Human Nervous System."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Animals: Human Nervous System: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides an overview that explains the nervous system in humans. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Animals: Human Nervous System."