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• Science
• 1st Grade

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The five senses 

 Did you know every day we gather information about the world through our senses? Today we are learning about the 5 senses and their organs.

Discussion Questions

• What information can your tongue give you about a cookie?
• What information can your ears give you about the sound of an ambulance?
• What information can your eyes give you about a tree?
• How can your sense of sight keep you safe when crossing the road?
• Which of your senses gives you information about a flower?

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Senses

Something that we use to find out information about the world around us so that we can survive. Our five senses are sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch.

We use our eyes to get information about the world through the sense of seeing (sight). 

We can enjoy a colorful sunset, autumn leaves, and the beauty of a rainbow with our sense of sight. 

We use our nose to get information about the odor of something through the sense of smell. Cookies smell good. Garbage smells bad.

What part of the body do we use to see?

1. eyes
2. ears
3. mouth
4. tongue

The sense of taste.

We use our tongues to get information about the food we eat through the sense of taste. 

Lemons taste sour, popcorn tastes salty, and cookies taste sweet. 

We use our ears to listen to sound through our sense of hearing. 

We hear quiet whispers and loud noises with our ears. 

Which body part do you use to taste chocolate!

1. skin
2. eyes
3. ears
4. mouth

We use our skin to get information about how something feels through the sense of touch. 

A teddy bear feels soft, a piece of wood is hard, and a cup of hot chocolate is warm.

Match the picture to the correct sense

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It's Time To Explore

As a student, you will walk around the room with your buddy. Together you will try to locate objects that have different smells, sounds, shapes, and textures. You will discuss your observations as you walk. These questions will help you as you explore.

• Can you find something blue?
• Can you find something that smells good?
• Can you find something hard?
• Can you find something that makes a quiet sound?
• Can you find something soft?
• Can you find something that makes a loud sound?
• Can you find something that smells bad?

Creativity Corner

Grab a pencil, a booklet, and some crayons! On each page of the booklet, you will write the name of a sense and then draw a small picture of the body part used for that sense. You will then draw another picture of something that you can use that sense to explore. Have fun and be creative! When you're done, show and explain your pictures to a classmate. 

Thinking Cap

How do you think a bear uses its senses to find food?

What senses does a bird use when it is trying to locate a worm?

What senses do you think a groundhog uses when it is digging a hole?

What senses do animals use to protect themselves?

Can you think of more ways animals use their senses? 

Extra Activity

Each student will take a pencil and a notebook out to the playground. They will go on a scavenger hunt to find objects they can smell, see, hear, touch, and taste. When they locate objects, they will draw the object in their notebook. Afterward, students will come back to the classroom and describe what they drew and what senses they used.