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Hear No Evil
Students explore the function of the ears. In this sense of hearing lesson, students read the book Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear and discuss the things the Polar Bear heard. Students construct simple musical instruments and use...
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Blind Walk
Students experience what it would be like to live without the sense of sight, identify three things on a blind walk by using senses other than sight, and discuss what they learned from the experience with the whole class.
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I Can See You
Second graders explore living without sight. In this senses instructional activity, 2nd graders review the different senses and what they use for each sense. Students discuss what it would be like to not be able to see and they read a...
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Taste and Smell
Students experiment with sense of smell, and how it relates to sense of taste.
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Health Education: An Integrated Approach; A Day Without Sight
Fourth graders hypothesize about the difficulties they may encounter if they did not have their sense of sight, in order to establish a sense of empathy for the disabled. In this lesson plan on senses, 4th graders record all of the...
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Taste, Touch, and Vision
Students investigate the five senses. In this fives senses survival lesson students complete an activity about their senses.
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Oobleck Versus Gloop
Second graders explain that we use our senses to make observations and that the observations often describe properties of an object or substance. They make oobleck, then perform a series of tests on it.
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Imagery Tree
In this imagery worksheet, students write their observations using the five senses for a topic. Students complete 5 sections and write 1 sentence.
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Printable Math Number Writing Exercise – 5
In this number recognition learning exercise, students trace the number 5 and write it independently. Students also count the 5 objects pictured on the learning exercise.
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Counting Gorillas 1 to 5
In this counting one to five worksheet, students practice object number relationships. Students count and color gorillas to solve the two problems.
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Lesson Plan Six: Sense of Touch
Students listen carefully to story and use their sense of touch to add imagination and "touch clues" to the story.
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The Senses
Students explore activities involving the five senses. They describe objects by touch and participate in craft corners using sand, rice, and blocks. They taste various foods and use their sight to find missing objects. They practice...
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Investigating The Mysteries Of Third Grade
Third graders use logic and knowledge of mathematics facts to solve problems. They see that pigments can be broken down into separate colors. Pupils recognize the capacity of water to move upward and measure the height water travels up...
Las Cumbres Observatory
Astronaut Training: Taste
Gravity isn't the only thing astronauts lose in space. Learners investigate why astronauts complain about a loss of taste while in space in a hands-on activity. They taste test foods while limiting their other senses and rate each food...
PBS
Curious George: Sand and Soil
Two sensory tables—wet and dry—allow scholars to use their sense of sight, touch, and smell to observe the changes when the dirt mixes with water. A short video relates the STEM learning experience to a fun video clip where Curious...
Little Giraffes Teaching Ideas
Snowman Snowman
What do snowmen eat? Or smell? Read about the senses of a snowman with a cute picture book. Kindergartners cut or fold the pages to create a story about a snowman and what he sees, smells, hears, eats, and feels.
Homeschool Creations
Skip Counting
Young mathematicians hop, skip, and jump their way to a deeper number sense with the help of these printable handouts.
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All Aboard!
Learners recognize and identify onomatopoeia. They will read the book All Aboard! A True Train Story, by Susan Kuklin. After reading the book, they list and illustrate examples of onomatopoeia. Then they write a poem or...
Rainforest Alliance
Sounds of the Rainforest
Do you hear what I hear? Encourage scholars to use their listening skills and participate in a series of activities that demonstrate how the sense of hearing is crucial to the human and animal world. Activities guide learners...
EngageNY
More Practice with Box Plots
Don't just think outside of the box — read outside of it! The 15th lesson in a 22-part unit provides pupils more work with box plots. Learners read the box plots to estimate the five-number summary and interpret it within the context....
DK Publishing
Can You Remember? Learning #1-5
Start from the beginning with new counters! They practice number concepts, tracing five digits: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Next, scholars count the number of each object in an illustrated pond scene. How many suns? How many ducks? There are five...
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It’s My Party and I’ll Hear What I Want To: Gatsby’s Party Playlists, The Great Gatsby and the Sense of Sound
Young scholars consider how film soundtracks can help support not only the mood but also the tone of a scene. After viewing two very different trailers for the same film, class members create their own soundtracks for two party...
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Counting to 5
Tiny scholars count 5 lollipops by ones, filling in the blank in a sentence with the total amount. Have them color in the pictures to develop fine motor skills for writing. Useful notes for teacher about developing 1:1 correspondence and...
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The Five Senses - Observation, Experimentation, Prediction, and Categorization.
First graders engage in this creative and well-designed lesson. They rotate through five learning stations, each devoted to one of the senses. They practice observation, experimentation, prediction, and categorization.