Lesson Plan
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The Laughing Leaf

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students demonstrate real-object writing. They discuss a leaf that has human attributes, and using a real leaf write a story about a leaf that tells them a joke, and create an illustration of themselves and their leaf.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Unity In Diversity

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars discuss the meaning of diversity in the world. They practice how to act around others and appreciate the different types of people that exist. The lesson includes a section of vocabulary and the reading of a story to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spirit of Enquiry

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
The lesson includes guided questions to help students to think about their own behavior and purpose in life. They do this through a quiet time of reflection that can include the writing of ideas. Then students act out a play to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Do You Know There is Air in a Bag?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore air as a material substance. Through experimentation and discussion, they explore how air can be classified as a material substance. Students write three examples proving that air is a material substance in their...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Intermediate Synonyms and Antonyms #9

For Students 4th - 5th
For this synonyms and antonyms worksheet, students choose the best synonym for the first 6 words and the best antonym for the next 6 words.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mountain Pine Beetle

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Young scholars identify the different parts of a tree. In this biology lesson, students investigate how mountain pine beetles kill trees. They examine the beetles' anatomy using a microscope.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Taste and Smell

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Imagine you open a gallon of milk, and you suddenly smell a foul odor. Your sense of smell has informed you that the milk has spoiled. So you pour the spoiled milk...
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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.
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.
Activity
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.
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.
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...
Handout
National Institutes of Health

Nidcd: Smell Disorders

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the sense of smell and disorders associated with smell. The site provides information on what makes our sense of smell work, what smell disorders are, what causes these disorders, and whether these disorders may be...
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
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Your Sense of Smell

For Students 3rd - 8th
Dinner is cooking and boy does it smell good. Understand how our sense of smell works at this Exploratorium site.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Can You Taste It?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Few people are aware of how crucial the sense of smell is to identifying foods, or the adaptive value of being able to identify a food as being familiar and therefore safe to eat. In this instructional activity and activity, students...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Taste Disorders and Their Causes

For Students 9th - 10th
This five-questions quiz pertaining to related to the passage "Taste Disorders and Their Causes."
Handout
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.
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
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: A Tasty Experiment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students conduct an experiment to determine whether or not the sense of smell is important to being able to recognize foods by taste. They do this by attempting to identify several different foods that have similar textures. For some of...
Article
Read Works

Read Works: Your Five Senses by Rachelle Kreisman

For Students K
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage explains the five senses: taste, smell, sight, touch, and hearing. A comprehension question set and a vocabulary worksheet are available.
Graphic
Curated OER

Exploratorium: Your Sense of Smell

For Students 3rd - 8th
Dinner is cooking and boy does it smell good. Understand how our sense of smell works at this Exploratorium site.
Interactive
Other

Senses: Online Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Have fun finding words associated with the five senses: smell, taste, touch, hearing, and sight. When finished with the game, rescramble the word search and play again.
Activity
US Department of Agriculture

U.s. Department of Agriculture: Kids Food Critic Activity

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this fun game, kids get to pick a new food at the grocery store, taste it, and rate it like a food critic.

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