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PBS

Newton's Apple: Taste and Smell

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Discusses the senses of smell and taste and describes their interconnectedness. Provides an activity to investigate the interactive nature of taste and smell.
Handout
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Merck Manual: Smell and Taste Disorders

For Students 9th - 10th
The Merck Manual offers an interesting article that describes ways in which your sense of smell can be affected. Diagnosis and treatment for loss of smell are also discussed.
Handout
University of Washington

University of Washington: Nose Structure and Function

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses how the structures of the noseinteract to produce our sense of smell.Has links to lab activities and teacher lessonson this topic.
Interactive
South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Nasa Online: Sense of Smell

For Students 3rd - 8th
Animation demonstrates how the nose perceives and interprets a smell.
Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: How the Five Senses Change With Age

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the link between anatomical changes related to aging and sensory loss. Delves into the problems associated with each of the five senses.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Do We Smell?

For Students 9th - 10th
An adult human can distinguish up to 10,000 odors. You use your nose to figure out what to eat, what to buy and even when it's time to take a shower. But how do the molecules in the air get translated into smells in your brain? This...
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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: The Sense of Smell

For Students 9th - 10th
In this animated object, learners trace the olfactory pathway from the nasal cavity to the olfactory cortex.
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Read Works

Read Works: Sense and Sensibility

For Students 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the sense of smell and the sense of taste. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Handout
Other

Leffingwell and Associates: Olfaction

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a technical discussion of the anatomy and physiology involved in the receptors associated with the sense of smell. Includes pictures and formulas.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Through the Nose

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about dogs and their sense of smell. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Unit Plan
National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Using Our Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson plan site delves into the senses of smell, touch, taste, sight, and hearing. Students will be able to describe the ways senses affect their lives and how a pediatrician uses his/her senses to examine patients.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: The Human Body: The Senses: Smelling

For Students 4th - 9th
Self-playing slideshow, with an accompanying quiz, explains the anatomy and sensorial function of the nose.
Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Making Sense of Scents

For Students 3rd - 8th
How does your nose work in combination with your brain to analyze all the different scents you smell? Find out what scientists have discovered after studying how mouse brain cells react to different scents.
Activity
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Taste a Smell Test

For Students 1st - 5th
Take the jellybean test to see how your sense of smell enhances taste.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.52 Taste and Smell

For Students 5th - 9th
Understand the human senses of taste and smell.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Mystery of the Senses Smell

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Understand how the sense of smell has strong connection to the limbic region of the brain and experience how the brain associates smells with memories and emotions.
Unit Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Senses

For Students K - 1st
In the following activities students can learn about the basic characteristics and structures of the brain, skull and sensory system; investigate sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch; and discover how the brain and the senses are...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Nose Knows Smell but How About Taste?

For Students 3rd - 8th
As if sniffles and clogged sinuses are bad enough, everything seems to taste bland and flavorless when we are sick. Gather up a few volunteers, hit the kitchen, and try this experiment to find out if there is really truth to the idea...
Lesson Plan
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: My Body My Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teacher's guide introduces children to the human body and the five senses and covers the major body parts and what they do. Children also will use their five senses to learn about the world.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Have You Seen My Mother?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson will introduce the sense of smell. It will show how an animal, such as a bat, finds its baby by using the sense of smell. Students will have the opportunity to view information on the Internet to learn more about bats. They...
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Maryland Science Center

Maryland Science Center: Smelly Lemurs [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 5th
Test your sense of smell as you learn about how lemurs communicate.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Smelling and Tasting

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of smelling and tasting. Two senses of the human body.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Taste and Smell Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 10-question quiz pertaining to taste and smell.
Lesson Plan
The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute Online: Coming to Our Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Help learners make "Sense," of their senses by using them in the classroom. Site provides discovery activities students can do on themselves, in their classrooms and around campus. A scavenger hunt is also provided.

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