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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Five Senses

For Teachers K
Students participate in a scavenger hunt using their sense of sight. They bring various texture materials from home and discuss how things feel. Students identify the smells inside five jars. They discuss things they hear and why hearing...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson Plan 12: Writing With All Your Senses

For Teachers 4th - 11th
What does an ice cream sundae sound like? Challenge young writers to move beyond visual descriptions and craft details that appeal to all five senses. The examples provided by the script in this resource show pupils how to create rich...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Our Five Senses

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars explore human anatomy by creating an oral report in class. In this five senses lesson, students read several real life situations and identify which of the five senses help in certain situations. Young scholars create an...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

My Five Senses

For Teachers K
Hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, and touch are all of the five senses that are visualized in this colorful PowerPoint. Each slide includes a corresponding picture with each sense. Tip: After each sense, ask your students to share...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using the Senses to Write Descriptively

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students write descriptive paragraphs using adjectives based on the use of their five senses. They use sensory impressions to improve their writing.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Use Your Senses

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students use their five senses to write about popcorn to share with the class. The study the use of action verbs, adverbs,, and adjectives.
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Printables
Curated OER

The Five Senses

For Teachers K - 3rd
Teaching little ones about their five senses is always a fun experience. Accent your classroom with a fun image that shows real pictures of real kids hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, and touching. 
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Early Childhood Learning and Knowlege Center

My Body My Senses

For Teachers K - 5th
In a comprehensive unit of activities, learners explore the five senses. Youngsters discover the many different body parts and their functions that allow humans to have sense of sight, touch, smell, taste, and hearing. The best way to...
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Worksheet
T. Smith Publishing

Your Five Senses

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Using the five senses is a creative way to write descriptively. Learners read 25 words, both nouns and verbs, and place them into the category labeled with the correct sense.
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Rainforest Alliance

A Rainforest Taste Test

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Take a taste test and chart pupils' favorites with a delicious fruit salad made up of fruit found in the rainforest. Still hungry? Snack on the rainforest inspired trail mix using a recipe of dried fruit and nuts. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scents And Sense-Abilities

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how the five human senses function. They work in small groups, each group focusing on a specific sense. Each group then creates a 'Sensing the World' poster which combines all of the information gained through in-class...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

My Senses Tell Me...

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how to use their sense to draw conclusions. In this human biology lesson, students use their senses to observe various objects in learning centers. The centers include tasting salt, touching sandpaper, hearing bells and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Coming To Our Senses

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students participate in a hands-on experiment that illustrates how taste and smell are related. They create their own experiments to help them explore all five senses and the relationships between them.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Five Senses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students recognize how each of the five senses works and define the related terminology. They compare and contrast the means by which the senses gather information about the world. In addition, they research how an assigned sense works...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Which Sense?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this senses worksheet, students choose the correct description of each sense. For example, "Rose smells good/bad" and "Lollipop tastes sweet/sour."
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Lesson Plan
University of Minnesota

Welcome To Your Senses

For Teachers K - 3rd
Sound, sight, taste, touch, and smell—oh the world of senses! What do these five senses have to do with the brain? The answer: everything. Explore how the brain sends and receives messages by having the class participate in several sense...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

TE Lesson: Can You Taste It?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students investigate how animals adapt to use its senses to identify foods that are nutritious or noxious. They determine how they associate foods with other things such as birthdays. They discuss the role of the nervous system in the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Taste, Touch, and Vision

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the five senses.  In this fives senses survival lesson students complete an activity about their senses. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Come to Your Senses

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore their senses. In this biology lesson plan, students will learn about their senses, what affects them, and how the brain works to control our senses in a series of lab activities.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Name That Taste

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students analyze taste buds. In this taste lesson, students complete an experiment in groups of four people. Students have four cups with a different substance in each cup. One student dips a Q-tip into each cup and tests on another...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sense of Taste

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars swab different sections of the tongue to identify taste buds. In this sense of taste instructional activity, students make predictions and conduct an experiment. Young scholars experiment with a variety of flavors and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chocolate Taste-Testing: Introduction to Loco for Cocoa

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students compare chocolates using their five senses and determine the value of the chocolate. In this chocolate activity, students sample various types of chocolate. Students study the price per ounce of each bar to complete the...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

The Five Senses: How They Relate to our World

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore the five senses and the significance of each sense. In this five senses and diversity lesson, students listen to You Can't Smell a Flower With Your Ear by Joanna Cole and take a walk observing opportunities to use all...