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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Backyard Science the Five Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Kindergarten students will use their existing outdoor expertise to help them focus on the scientific study of their five senses in stations.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Five Senses

For Students K - 1st
The Five Senses is an educational activity for kids to learn about taste, smell, vision, hearing, and touch. The lesson will introduce each of the five senses one at a time. Students will then be assessed through a multiple choice...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Easter Island: Senses: Observation of Living Familiar Things

For Students K - 1st
Students investigate how the senses are used to make observations about objects and things in the environment.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Bikini Atoll: Senses: Observation of Familiar Materials and Objects

For Students K - 1st
Students use their senses to identify and describe objects.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do We Itch?

For Students 9th - 10th
The average person experiences dozens of individual itches each day. Emma Bryce digs deep into the skin to find out.
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University of Washington

University of Washington: Synesthesia

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever seen something and associated it with a taste? If so, you many have Synesthesia. This condition is not widely publicized but may be present in as many as 1 out of every 200 individuals. Learn more about "joined perception"...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Antarctica: Which Types of Sounds Do You Know?

For Students K - 1st
For this lesson, students learn about the five senses, identify objects that make sound, and take a fun fact quiz at the end.
Activity
Treehut

Suzy's World: Touch

For Students 3rd - 8th
At this site find out how you can feel hot and cold and try this experiment using your sensory nerves.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Perception

For Students 9th - 10th
Try one of these 33 perception activities in your classroom.
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Senses of Hearing, Touch and Taste

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Senses of Hearing, Touch and Taste", created by Jan the Elder Brueghel in 1618 (Oil on panel, 176 x 264 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Sense of Touch

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Sense of Touch", created by Jan the Elder Brueghel in 1618 (Oil on panel, 65 x 110 cm).
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Other

Keybr: Typing Practice

For Students 9th - 10th
Free online typing tutor will help you teach touch typing. Touch typing is typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys. A person possessing touch typing skills will know their location on the keyboard through muscle memory.
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Other

Kenyon College: Thigmotropism in Tendrils

For Students 9th - 10th
What is thigmotropism? Do plants have a sense of touch? What causes plants to curve toward the stimulus? Animated illustrations help to provide these answers and more. Hint: highlighting the text makes it easier to read.
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Mountain Beaver

For Students 4th - 8th
Some scientists think the Mountain Beaver is the world's most primitive living rodent, similar in appearance and behavior to animals that lived 60 million years ago. They have small eyes and ears and luxurious whiskers, and are, like...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Five Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A review of the five senses for k-2 students.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Sensitivity Tester

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore skin sensitivity on different areas of the human arm by performing a blindfold test with paperclip points touching the skin. Compare and contrast results.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Imagery Chart [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short graphic organizer for students in studying the literary element of imagery. Includes a definition and chart with five sections with examples, one for each of the senses.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Chemical Wonders

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners are introduced to chemical engineering and learn about its many different applications. They are provided with a basic introduction to matter and its different properties and states. An associated hands-on activity gives...
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New York Times

New York Times: Multimedia Slideshow: El Greco

For Students 9th - 10th
Michael Kimmelman, art critic for the "New York Times," narrates a slideshow of the work of the enigmatic El Greco, touching on El Greco's artistic influences, his sense of himself as an artist, and other interesting insights.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: That's Hot! Robot Brain Programming

For Teachers 5th - 8th
With the challenge to program computers to mimic the human reaction after touching a hot object, students program LEGO robots to "react" and move back quickly once their touch sensors bump into something. By relating human senses to...
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Curated OER

University of Washington: The Senses Touch

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Do you know what the largest sensory organ of the body is? Use this site on skin and its sense of touch to learn more.
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Curated OER

University of Washington: The Senses Touch

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Do you know what the largest sensory organ of the body is? Use this site on skin and its sense of touch to learn more.
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Curated OER

University of Washington: The Senses Touch

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Do you know what the largest sensory organ of the body is? Use this site on skin and its sense of touch to learn more.
Graphic
Curated OER

University of Washington: The Senses Touch

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Do you know what the largest sensory organ of the body is? Use this site on skin and its sense of touch to learn more.

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