Curated OER
Exploring Forest Objects
Young scholars explore the forest. In this ecosystems instructional activity, students rotate through sensory activity centers, brainstorm, and read about temperate forests.
Curated OER
Life Underground
First graders build a terrarium in order to observe animal and plant life dynamics. In this biology lesson, 1st graders compare how organisms survive in different environments. They write their observations and analysis in their journal.
Curated OER
Help Me Find My Keys
Fourth graders write a five-paragraph essay on the topic: What mistakes have you made and then learned a life lesson from that experience?
Curated OER
Breaking News English: Britain's Sick Day Culture
In this English instructional activity, students read "Britain's Sick Day Culture," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
Curated OER
Herb Gardening: Which Herb?
In this herbs learning exercise, students play a game where they write the herb and its characteristics after being blindfolded and identifying each herb. Students then answer 1 short answer question.
Curated OER
Skin, Tongue and Nose
In this skin, tongue, and nose learning exercise, students answer multiple choice and short answer questions about the skin, tongue, and nose. students complete 19 questions.
Curated OER
Teaching Science with a Smile
Students study science concepts as they are presented in poetic form. They write and present their own science poems to parents during Open House.
Curated OER
Inferences: An Experiment with Ice
In this inferences: an experiment with ice worksheet, students follow the procedure for the experiment with ice, then write inferences from their observations.
Curated OER
Our Poetic Planet : Writing Poems about the Earth
Learners share their thoughts regarding nature. In this poetry instructional activity, students compose poems in different formats that feature weather and clouds.
Curated OER
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
In this online interactive philosophy instructional activity, high schoolers respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume.
Curated OER
Describing Words Lesson (Lesson 2)
First graders create a computer slide show. They select pictures from the gallery, write descriptive words or phrases about the pictures, and develop a three slide presentation.
Curated OER
Read Aloud Lesson Plan
Young scholars listen as the novel "On My Honor" is read to them. They identify similes and the characters differences in the novel.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Haptics: Touch Command
Students experience haptic (the sense of touch) feedback by using LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robots and touch sensors to emulate touch feedback recognition. With four touch sensors connected to LEGO NXTs, they design sensor attachments that...
Hunkins Experiments
Hunkin's Experiments: How to Map Your Sense of Touch
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This would be...
The Franklin Institute
In Quiry Almanack: Touching
Let your students get a feel for their sense of touch by perusing this site. Site includes interactive activities to use in the classroom.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Touch and Feel Box
Pupils will identify objects through their sense of touch and increase vocabulary skills by using describing words. Lesson plan for K-2nd grades.
University of Washington
University of Washington: The Senses Touch
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.
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Using Our Senses
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.
Treehut
Suzy's World: Touch
At this site find out how you can feel hot and cold and try this experiment using your sensory nerves.
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History: My Body My Senses
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.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute Online: Coming to Our Senses
Help students 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.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Backyard Science the Five Senses
Kindergarten students will use their existing outdoor expertise to help them focus on the scientific study of their five senses in stations.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Easter Island: Senses: Observation of Living Familiar Things
Students investigate how the senses are used to make observations about objects and things in the environment.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Bikini Atoll: Senses: Observation of Familiar Materials and Objects
Students use their senses to identify and describe objects.