Five Senses

Science The student will 1. name the five senses 2. use one of the five senses to discover properties of objects in the environment 3. name a body part used for each sense 4. compare objects using only one sense 5. classify objects using only one sense 6. become aware of various physical impairments 7. describe how the five senses work together 8. describe ways to show proper care of eyes, ears and nose 9. practice safety procedures relevant to the five senses 10. describe how each sense works.

Science Concept(s): There are five senses that humans have. These five senses are touch, taste, sight, smell, and hearing. We use our skin, nose, tongue, eyes and ears to sense things.

Grade Level(s): 1, 2, 3 Subject(s): •

Health/Body Systems and senses

Description: To give the students a chance to put themselves in the place of blind people, and see how they manage without the sense of sight. The students will also review all of the senses and the parts of the body that go with each sense.

Goal: Students will understand their five sense and the parts of the body that go with them.

Objectives: The students will list the five senses, and will explain the parts of the body that go with each sense. The students will be able to use a magnifying glass.

Background Information: This activity can be used with students for primary grades. The lesson teaches the students about Braille by taking away one of their senses, and seeing how people have to deal with their other senses to compensate for the missing sense.

Concepts: Students will be able to: 1. 2. 3.

Tell about the importance of each sense. Investigate around the room with their magnifying glasses. Tell about the body parts associated with each sense.

Materials: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Blindfold magnifying glass braille sheets posters

Procedure: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Introduce the senses on posters hanging on the bulletin board. Raise questions and brainstorm what materials you can use your senses with. Model how to use magnifying glasses. Let the students investigate with their magnifying glasses around the room. Hold a class discussion about what they observed. Blind fold every other student, and have their partner (without the blindfold) help them. Feel objects around the room. Next, handout braille sheets and let students feel how the blind read. Have students trade partners, so each has a turn being blind and helping.

Assessment: Have each pair of students ask and answer questions presented by the other. When they are finished have a class discussion, and talk about why each senseis so important to us.

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Senses - the things in and on our bodies that help us learn about the world around us. Sight - the sense of being able to see. Hearing - the sense of being able to hear. Touch - the sense of being able to touch and fell an object. Taste - the sense of being able to tell what an item tastes like. Smell - the sense of being able to tell what an item smells like.

The Five Senses BIG IDEAS

We learn about the world through our five senses. The number five has other names. Sight The sense of sight helps us recognize each other and learn about color, motion and distance. Hearing The sense of hearing helps us learn from each other through communication. Sound can produce patterns. Touch The sense of touch helps us learn about our world by feeling it and learning the size, texture and shape of things. Smell The sense of smell helps us enjoy life and helps us learn about unsafe conditions. Taste Taste helps us, among other things, to select and enjoy food. There are four familiar tastes. Altogether, Now We learn best about our world when we use our five senses at the same time.

The Five Senses Page author: Mckenzie Coffee Last modified date: May 11, 2004

The Human body has five senses that are used every day to detect smell, taste, sound, touch, and sight. It is important to know This is a nose that detects what different smells. The nose smells body good or bad things. It is part important because it could smell a detects flower that smells good or smoke what and that could mean trouble. why. This is an ear that detects noise or sounds. It is important because it could warn you that something like a car is coming so you could get out of the way. This is an eye. Eyes are a part of the body so people can see the world. The eyes can see beautiful things but also not the best of things, so it is important to be careful. This is a tongue that people taste with. The tongue can detect sour, sweet and salty foods. The tongue can also detect yucky foods depending on a persons taste buds. These are hands that feel and touch. Hands along with many other body parts enable a person to feel a surface, temperature and much more.

Our senses are the

physical means by which all living things see, hear, smell, taste, and touch. Each sense collects informaton about the world and detects changes within the body. Both people and animals get all of their knowledge from their senses, and that is why our senses are so important.

This is a nose that detects different smells. The nose smells good or bad things. It is important because it could smell a flower that smells good or smoke that could mean trouble. This is an ear that detects noise or sounds. It is important because it could warn you that something like a car is coming so you could get out of the way. This is an eye. Eyes are a part of the body so people can see the world. The eyes can see beautiful things but also not the best of things, so it is important to be careful.

This is a tongue that people taste with. The tongue can detect sour, sweet and salty foods. The tongue can also detect yucky foods depending on a persons taste buds. These are hands that feel and touch. Hands along with many other body parts enable a person to feel a surface, temperature and much more. Sight The sense of sight helps us recognize each other and learn about color, motion and distance. Hearing The sense of hearing helps us learn from each other through communication. Sound can produce patterns. Touch The sense of touch helps us learn about our world by feeling it and learning the size, texture and shape of things. Smell The sense of smell helps us enjoy life and helps us learn about unsafe conditions. Taste Taste helps us, among other things, to select and enjoy food. There are four familiar tastes. Altogether, Now We learn best about our world when we use our five senses at the same time.