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Worksheet
Curated OER

Who Am I?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this earth science learning exercise, students read the description of each animal and identify who each one is. They circle every third letter in the box to the right to check their answer.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fabric All Around

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore human senses by participating in an arts and crafts activity. For this fabric identification lesson, students discuss the uses for fabric and the history of cloth. Students identify the different materials in their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making Sense of Things: The Human Body and Senses

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students conduct an experiment to evaluate the accuracy of their senses.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mystery of the Senses-Touch

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Learners test the skin's range of sensitivity. Students complete a "Touch Areas" activity. They discuss their results with the class. Learners make conclusions about which parts of the body are most sensitive to touch.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Remote Sensing - What Can We See When We Can't Touch?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how remote sensing is used to identify the signatures of life even when the particular life form is not directly observable. They investigate how a satellite "sees" objects on the surface of Earth.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Identifying Matter by Sound and Feel

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the physical properties of matter. In this matter lesson, students collaborate as they participate in an activity that requires them to identify objects using their senses of sight and touch.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Be a Scientist: A Kindergarten Unit

For Teachers K
Students conduct observations using their five senses. For this science lesson, students describe different states of matter. They investigate the factors affecting mold growth.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Health and Nutrition

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine vocabulary words that deal with the parts of the body. They identify the body parts and organs associated with the five senses. They identify common illnesses, causes and treatments. They research various lifestyle...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Observing Sound

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study the five senses and the link between pictures and sound.  In this sound instructional activity students discover that sound is vibration, it is described by volume and pitch.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

My 5 Senses Book

For Teachers K
Pupils create a 5 page My 5 Senses book. They type 1 sense on each page and select 4 corresponding pictures to go with the sense.
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Handout
Nosapo

Writing about a Meal

For Students 4th - 12th Standards
You don't need to be a food critic to describe your meal accurately! A series of activities introduce learners to vivid adjectives when writing about the taste, smell, and feel of food. After working with word choice, parts of a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Inquire Within: Sensational Me... The Nose Knows

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students study the sense of smell. In this sense of smell instructional activity, students investigate to become more in touch with smell. They investigate with "Mystery Smells" by designing and completing an experiment. They complete...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Get to Know Trees

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students recognize the characteristics of trees by using their five senses. In this trees instructional activity, students observe and record the characteristics of trees on a field trip. Students then are blindfolded and use their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sense-Ability

For Teachers K
Students use comparisons, graphing, patterning, and sorting, and develop language skills as they explore the five senses.
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Lesson Plan
K20 LEARN

Sweet and Savory Writing: Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
The engagement is in the details. Young scholars learn the benefit of weaving descriptive and sensory details into the fabric of their writing through the activities in this lesson. As their hands explore items concealed in bags, a...
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Lesson Plan
NOAA

Journey to the Unknown

For Teachers 5th - 6th
What's it like to be a deep-sea explorer? Tap into the imaginations of your fifth and sixth graders with a vivid lesson, the second part of a six-part adventure. Learners close their eyes and submerge themselves in an expedition aboard...
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Activity
Noyce Foundation

Lyle's Triangles

For Students K - 12th Standards
Try five problems on triangles. Levels A and B focus on shapes that can be created from right triangles. Level C touches upon the relationship between the area of a six-pointed star and the area of each triangle of which it is composed....
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Unit Plan
Northern Ireland Curriculum

Dealing with Feelings

For Teachers 6th Standards
Five activities encourage scholars to look inside, get in touch with their emotions, and express their feelings appropriately. Stories set the stage for feeling identification and in-depth discussions. Role play and the act of miming...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's In The Beans

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Visually impaired students discover objects using their sense of touch. In this exploration lesson plan, students with visual impairments use their sense of touch to discover objects hidden in a bowl of beans. If the student is not...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hidden Objects

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders feel objects hidden in paper bag, and describe how they feel, smell, sound and/or taste.
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Lesson Plan
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California Department of Education

Who Am I?

For Teachers 5th Standards
Get in touch with your sense of self! The fifth and final lesson in a series of college and career lessons for fifth graders reinforces the relationship between interests and career choices. Pupils play a scenario-driven game, then dig...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Brain and Senses

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students investigate the brain through multiple senses. In this biology activity, students experiment with different activities involving taste, memory, touch, and sight to understand how the brain works. Students work in partners and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Descriptive Language

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the technique of descriptive writing. As a class, they observe a poster and describe it using adjectives. They discuss how descriptive words can be used literally and figuratively in the world of advertising. After...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Galaxies – Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the five senses and how to incorporate them into their writing to make it come to life. In this descriptive writing lesson, students must describe objects by touching them without seeing, and describe different smells. ...