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The Human Body
In this human body worksheet, 6th graders respond to 13 different questions related to parts of the human body. First, they determine how many times the heart beats a minute and the 2 types of blood vessels. Then, students describe the...
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Anatomy of the Human Ear
Students examine the human ear and its function. In this anatomy of the human ear lesson plan, students view drawings of the ear and learn about the structure of the ear through handouts and glossaries. This lesson plan is part of a...
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A Keen Sense of Smell
Students investigate their sense of smell by experimenting with smelly objects. In this human senses lesson, students examine the length of time it takes to smell a random object that is close to them. Students record the different...
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Jeopardy: 1st Grade Science
Here is a great game to play at the end of the year as a cumulative review or prior to state testing. This 1st grade Jeopardy Game contains questions related to typical 1st grade science concepts: clouds, the 5 senses, plants, life...
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Geography Experience: Low Vision
The world is a big and beautiful place; but how do you begin to understand it when you have low vision? Here is a great set of ideas focused on transforming any small room into a sensory paradise, themed to incite understanding about...
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Applied Science - Science and Math Lab
Students explore the senses. In this Applied Science lesson, students investigate the items in "feely" boxes with their hands, both touching the items and shaking the boxes to hear the sound the items make. Students also smell and taste...
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Our Five Senses
Students explore the five senses through hands-on and Internet activities.
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Learning About Our Five Senses
Learners study the sense of touch and various degrees of heat. They design a model that displays how the human hand reacts to heat using a touch sensor.
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What Is It? Tommy Tastes
Students complete multi-curricular to learn about senses and sensory words. For this sensory words lesson, students discuss the five senses and the anatomy of a tongue. Students complete a food tasting activity and find descriptive words...
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Nerve Racking
Fifth graders study the components and function of the nervous system. They investigate how engineers design biomedical equipment to assist the nervous system and explain how the five senses are affected during spaceflight.
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Penny and Cup Game
Students study the human body and their five senses by participating in a penny cup game. In this human senses lesson plan, students test their monocular and binocular vision by completing a penny drop experiment.
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Ecosystems and Remote Sensing
Young scholars obtain remote sensing data to compare and contrast global biomass data with global temperature data.
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Earth Day Number Sense
Elementary schoolers count and order objects using numbers 1-300. They bring recyclable items from home. Students group the items, skip count by 2's, 3's, and 5's, and arrange the items on a number line. Recyclable plastic bags are put...
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The Metamorphosis: Problematic Situation
Are you enjoying the use of all five senses? Imagine that you have to lose one of them; you can choose which one, but it's gone forever. Work through a lesson based on Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis that asks class members to rank their...
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How the Heightened Senses of the Sea Turtle, Elephant, and Eagle Are Evident in the Brain
Students explore the senses of different animals. For this biology lesson plan students will study the animals selected for their grades. The students will learn about the brain and how the senses of that animal have developed.
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Engineering and the Senses: Hearing
Students explore the sense of hearing. In this 5 senses lesson, students consider how humans and animals use the sense of hearing along with their other senses. Students discuss the body parts responsible for the 5 senses and play the...
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Using Your Senses
In this using your senses worksheet, students read a 1 page article on senses and then connect 6 body parts to their actual senses by drawing a line from one to the other.
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Using My Senses
Second graders identify human and insect senses and where they are located on the body. They maintain a cricket terrarium for experimentation. They realize the value of the senses by observing, recording, discussing and drawing conclusions.
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Making Connections: Exploring Our Brains through the Five Senses
Students identify structures of the brain, and neurons and analyze their functions. In this nervous system lesson students create drawings and models of anatomy.
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World Literature: "One Evening in the Rainy Season" Shi Zhecun
Did you know that modern Chinese literature “grew from the psychoanalytical theory of Sigmund Freud”? Designed for a world literature class, seniors are introduced to “One Evening in the Rainy Season,” Shi Zhecun’s stream of...
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Applied Science - Science and Math Pre Lab
Students explore human senses. In this applied Science lesson, students utilize their senses to distinguish various objects. Students explain their descriptions.
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Work Those Muscles-Smile!
In this number sense worksheet, students use facts about their smile to work with numbers. Students are given a chart with twenty five numbers and answer eight questions using those numbers.
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Tongue Map
Students explore human anatomy by conducting a human senses experiment. In this taste lesson plan, students identify the main purpose of a tongue and how it enhances our eating habits. Students utilize baking coca, lemon juice, salt and...
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Touch and Abstinence
FLASH has put together another good lesson about touch and abstinence. Humans need human touch, yet many confuse this need for touch, and their desire for sex. Discuss the four types of touch with your health or teen issues class. There...