Elementary students will gain great insight into the workings of our five senses through this collection of detailed, integrated lesson plans for grades K-3. Each lesson contains a list of needed materials, hands-on explorations...

A hands-on science activity where students will explore how the body uses the five senses to make decisions.

In this instructional activity, young scholars discover the five senses through literature and the Internet. Students create a presentation to demonstrate the five senses. Young scholars also become aware that not everyone has all five...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses body parts and names the digestive system, respiratory system, and circulatory system. Students will also drag pictures to the right sense in the 5 senses. Activotes are utilized.

This lesson plan allows students to investigate body parts associated with each of the five senses.

Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This would be...

A 22-page textbook chapter identifying sensory systems of animals and humans for those studying how the various senses assist adaptation to environments. Investigates classes of environmental stimuli as well as gives an in-depth...

How do we use our senses to understand our surroundings? What types of input are provided by the different senses? For this lesson learners use all of their senses to understand that there are different types of sensory receptors in the...

How does information from different parts of the body reach the brain? In this instructional activity students discover that their brains receive and act on information from inside and outside the body, and that the senses gather and...

Learners are provided with a rigorous background in human "sensors" (including information on the main five senses, sensor anatomies, and nervous system process) and their engineering equivalents, setting the stage for three associated...

This lesson describes the function and components of the human nervous system. It helps students understand the purpose of our brain, spinal cord, nerves and the five senses. How the nervous system is affected during spaceflight is also...

Take this five-question post test over the sensory systems and receptors throughout the body. After hitting submit, check to read about the correct answers.

Take this five-question pretest over the sensory systems and receptors throughout the body. After hitting submit, check to read about the correct answers.

You can perceive things by touching, tasting, smelling, listening and seeing. The sensory system that allows us to "feel" is called somatosensation (so-MAT-o-sen-sa-shun). Somatosensation is a broadly defined perceptual system that...

This site has a collection of learning activities, games, experiments, and lesson plans on the five senses. Organized by grade level and topic, this site is packed with an assortment of interactive and engaging activities, that would...

This site has a collection of learning activities, games, experiments, and lesson plans on the five senses. Organized by grade level and topic, this site is packed with an assortment of interactive and engaging activities, that would...

This site has a collection of learning activities, games, experiments, and lesson plans on the five senses. Organized by grade level and topic, this site is packed with an assortment of interactive and engaging activities, that would...

A great resource to discover fun new activities to use in your classroom. Activities are age-appropriate, and span several science topics.

For this lesson, students analyze how a character's personality traits, actions, and motives influence the plot of a story. Students also learn how storytellers use their face, body, and voice, as well as the five senses, to enhance the...

Over 100 handouts with answer sheets you can print and use to help build English vocabulary. Numerous topics and themes are covered: everyday words, math terms, seasonal and holiday words, geographical terms, animals, opposites, parts of...