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The Investigation Of The Taste Buds

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore the sense of taste. In this biology lesson plan, students investigate the sense of tastes as they experience salty, sour, bitter, and sweet tastes. Students then discover how taste buds do their job.
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Writing Descriptions of "My Favorite Place"

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students write a descriptive writing piece. In this writing activity, students use a visualization exercise to add more descriptions to their writing.
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Hand Sensitivity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners experiment with the sense of touch. For this tactile lesson, students determine the most sensitive area of the hand. Learners experiment by describing objects through touch only. Students compare the amount of sensory data...
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Village Descriptions

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Young scholars respond to teacher questioning about villages and how their senses help describe things.  In this five senses instructional activity, students work in groups to make a written picture of another student in the class. ...
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Poetry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils write a poem. In this language arts lesson, students discuss what they hear and see in a garden. Pupils write a poem about the sights, sounds and smells of the garden.
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Wigglers, Tumblers, & Bloodsuckers

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore the life stages of a mosquito. For this animal biology lesson, students read Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema and complete several activities including an experiment with mosquito larvae, an activity...
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The Five Senses - Observation, Experimentation, Prediction, and Categorization.

For Teachers 1st
First graders engage in this creative and well-designed lesson. They rotate through five learning stations, each devoted to one of the senses. They practice observation, experimentation, prediction, and categorization.
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Monster Senses

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a story that contains many sensory words to describe an object. They listen a second time using a signal to indicate when they hear a sensory word. They write a short story about a monster using appropriate...
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Using My Senses

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students observe crickets in the terrarium. Have them record in their journal any evidence of crickets having senses. Then they answer questions like these: How do they use their sense organs? Where are they are located?
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Cloze Passage: Extra Senses

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this extra senses cloze procedure learning exercise, students fill in the 12 missing words in the passage to help identify their reading level.
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Sense of Sight Lesson

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students sequence what they saw in the book Maisy's Nature Walk. For this sequencing lesson plan, the teacher reads the book and the children listen and observe. Once the book is read, the students have to sequence what Maisy saw on her...
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Senses Fun!

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this senses worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer, filling in things they can see, hear, taste, touch and smell. 
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Cloze Passage: Our Sense of Sight

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this cloze worksheet, students read a passage and fill in blanks with words from a word list. The passage is about the sense of sight.
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Wild Wonderful Walk

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore the outdoors. In this poetry lesson plan, students spend time outdoors and write a poem about what they felt and saw. Young scholars can do this activity in pairs or alone. Students blindfold their partner to focus...
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Come To Your Senses

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Write narratives that include ideas, observations, or memories of an event or experience, and be sure to use concrete sensory details! Groups utilize a few of the famous I Spy books in order to create narratives that utilize sensory...
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Rockpool Adaptations

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
For this rockpool adaptations worksheet, young scholars study a rockpool habitat and compare it to their own habitat. Students use their senses to describe a rockpool habitat. They bring in items from home and items from a beach to make...
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Details, Details, Details

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Writing can become one-dimensional if authors don't involve all their senses. First, scholars observe a strange object which, ideally, they can touch and even smell. Without using certain words (you can create a list or have the class...
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Forensic Science: Case of the Missing Diamond Maker

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
Someone stole a diamond-making machine. Who done it? Scholars use forensic science at six different stations to determine the culprit. They analyze fingerprints, use their senses, and complete chemistry experiments to determine the...
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Taste Buds

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate taste buds. In this taste buds lesson, students identify the four basic taste buds and their locations on our tongue. Students participate in an experiment to investigate how our taste buds work.
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A Sense of Place

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read "Fish Tale: Falling For a Live One" from The New York Times and discuss the methods and techniques the writer uses to create a strong mental image. Students pick a place in their community they wish to write about and...
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Salmon Homing Instincts

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars role-play salmon returning to original streams using their sense of smell like the salmon do. They smell cinnamon, vanilla and peppermint on cards and follow that scent to locations in the classroom that represent their...
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Making Connections: Exploring Our Brains through the Five Senses

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students identify structures of the brain, and neurons and analyze their functions.  In this nervous system instructional activity students create drawings and models of anatomy.
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Physical Differences

For Teachers K
Students read the book We Can Do It! and discuss how we are all physically different. In this physically different lesson plan, students read the book, discuss their differences, and participate in a smelling and touching activity to see...
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Bright Ideas #22

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in learning stations as a part of homework or extra time activities. In this learning stations lesson, students participate in the following learning stations: sense of smell, just counting, and time sequences.