ClassFlow
Class Flow: Five Senses
[Free Registration/Login Required] A review of the five senses for k-2 students.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Crab Boat: Senses: Five Human Senses
Todd, the crab boat captain uses his five senses to bring the crabs to shore. Can you help him?
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."
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.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Five Senses
The Five Senses is an educational activity for kids to learn about taste, smell, vision, hearing, and touch. The lesson will introduce each of the five senses one at a time. Students will then be assessed through a multiple choice...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Pet Poll: A Taste Test for Fluffy and Fido
In this mammalian biology science fair project, students will determine which brand, type, or flavor of treats their pet prefers. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and...
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: The Sense of Taste
An image of "The Sense of Taste", created by Jan the Elder Brueghel in 1618 (Oil on panel, 64 x 108 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Sense of Taste
An image of "Sense of Taste", created by Jusepe De Ribera from 1613-16 (Oil on canvas, 117 x 88 cm).
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Tongue Map
Explore the sense of taste by testing and mapping the taste buds of the human tongue. Locate areas where the tongue senses sour, sweet, salty and bitter tastes.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Senses
Through informational text with printable notes, animations, video clips, and practice problems students discover the function of the sensory structures in the human body.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Senses
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The following online tutorial explains how sensory stimuli are perceived and interpreted.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Old Salty: Does Age Affect the Ability to Detect Salt?
Sauerkraut, pickled fish, pickled vegetables, kimchi, corned beef, processed cheeses, smoked lunch meats. Do you like these high-salt foods? What about your grandparents, do they? Do your grandparents seem to like most foods to be a bit...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Can Our Eyes Fool Our Taste Buds?
Engage young learners in science with this poem and simple experiment from The Poetry Friday Anthology for Science for Kids by Pomelo Books.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Senses
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how sensory stimuli are perceived and interpreted.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 3 10 14: Let's Play . . . Musical Ice Creams?
Learn about something called Lickestra and how its creators have found a fun way to create a new experience with their senses of taste and hearing. Includes video. [3:02]
Utah Education Network
Uen: Counting on Good Health
This multi-day lesson plan 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.
National Institutes of Health
Nidcd: Smell Disorders
This site discusses the sense of smell and disorders associated with smell. The site provides information on what makes our sense of smell work, what smell disorders are, what causes these disorders, and whether these disorders may be...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: A Tasty Experiment
Students conduct an experiment to determine whether or not the sense of smell is important to being able to recognize foods by taste. They do this by attempting to identify several different foods that have similar textures. For some of...
Other
Ontario Council for Technology Education: Sensory Garden Design [Pdf]
In this project, young scholars will design a sensory garden. The area to be designed is for a flower bed 3' wide, 5' long and 3' high. The design must be wheelchair-accessible from all sides. Students will research the different sensory...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Fabulous Five
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains sorting, graphing and assessment concerning our five senses.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Life's Little Questions: Why Are Peppers Hot?
Determine your sensitivity to taste by examining your tongue for the number of papillae, or taste buds, per centimeter. Investigate how capsaicin, the component that gives peppers their heat, can also be used as an anesthetic and pain...
Curated OER
Taste: Activities, Experiments Models and More
This site has an directions for an exercise called "Tasty activities." Tasty Buds is just the first of many cool activities exploring one of the five senses. The grade levels for the activities vary so keep searching for your best fit.
Curated OER
Taste: Activities, Experiments Models and More
This site has an directions for an exercise called "Tasty activities." Tasty Buds is just the first of many cool activities exploring one of the five senses. The grade levels for the activities vary so keep searching for your best fit.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Perception
Try one of these 33 perception activities in your classroom.