Learners explore the life stages of a mosquito. In this animal biology instructional activity, students read Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema and complete several activities including an experiment with mosquito...

You can't read Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory without craving the rich treats described in Dahl's vivid prose. Young writers try their hands at sensory language with a lesson plan that prompts them to write about...

Students read the poem "Light" together and then discuss how poetry can come from anywhere.

In this worksheet on the five senses, students follow directions and take a walk outside, noting what they see, hear, smell, taste and feel. Students then record their experience.

Students use their senses to identify a variety of items in mystery boxes after listening to a read aloud of Aliki's, "My Five Senses." They taste and smell items to identify them before completing a Senses Literature Log. They label the...

First graders read the book Stelluna by Janell Cannon. In this bat lesson plan, 1st graders use their sense of smell to identify objects, learn and recite a rhyme, and differentiate between the words night and day.

Students listen to book See, Hear, Touch, Taste, Smell, by Melvin Berger, and explore five senses and sense organs

Young scholars role-play salmon returning to original streams using their sense of smell like the salmon do. They smell cinnamon, vanilla and peppermint on cards and follow that scent to locations in the classroom that represent their...

Students explore the relationship between the senses of taste and smell using a blindfold taste test. In partners, they taste different foods with their noses plugged and unplugged. They create a life size outline of the human body to...

In this language arts activity, students discover that some words can be used as both nouns and verbs. Students look at 10 words and write sentences using them as both nouns and verbs. Example: smell

For this recognizing details worksheet, students read 3 excerpts from chapter 3 of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, underlining each word that evokes some sensory stimulation (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste). Students also respond to...

Learners create a book about colors. In this exploring colors activity, students read the book Hailstones and Halibut Bones. Learners select a color and describe how the color looks, feels, tastes, and smells like. Students write down...

Students investigate how fish use their sense of smell. In this scientific method lesson, students design and perform an experiment to investigate how fish use their sense of smell. This lesson includes statistical analysis and...

Students lie in the grass on their backs for fifteen minutes. They let go of any inner dialogue and simply see, feel, hear, and smell. When the time is over, students write down words about what they experienced.

Students investigate the senses involved with taste. In an activity, students demonstrate the way that our senses of touch and smell combine with taste. Blindfolded, and with "plugged" noses, students taste foods. They complete a test...

Young scholars use their senses to compare a frog and a hamster. In this animals comparison lesson plan, students get into groups and observe, smell, feel, and listen to what their animals are like, and classify them into categories.

Students explore their 5 senses. In this 5 senses lesson, students participate in activities that require them to use the senses of smell, touch, hearing, taste, and sight.

Young scholars explore the five senses and how to incorporate them into their writing to make it come to life. In this descriptive writing instructional activity, students must describe objects by touching them without seeing, and...

In this fire safety coloring learning exercise, students discover to stay low and go if they smell smoke as they read the rule and color Jett the turtle.

In this senses worksheet, students write what the setting of a story is, and then draw a picture of the setting. Students then imagine what it would be like to visit the setting, and list things they might see, hear, smell, feel and taste.

Students learn to prepare a play dough recipe in order to enhance their measurement, reading, and creative-thinking skills. In this lesson on making play dough, students measure and add the different ingredients, while simultaneously...

Investigate the nervous system of an earthworm! Your class gets into pairs to test, record, and draw conclusions about the reaction earthworms have to different stimuli (sound, light, and smell).

In this slave trade worksheet, students complete a chart about the sights, sounds, smells, and feelings people felt during the middle passage in the slave trade.

Young scholars explore properties of fruits and vegetables using their five senses. In this sensory activity lesson, students study fruit and vegetables through a microscope, using their sense of touch as they are blindfolded, and with...