Explore: Third Grade Scents

Students examine scents which are a part of their world. After smelling different substances, students share their findings with the other members of the class.

Students explore how their senses work. For this senses lesson, students use the sense of smell to observe various spices. Students discuss their findings.

Who would not want an opportunity to taste jellybeans in class?  During this investigation, life science learners hold their noses as they take a taste test and find that our perception of flavor is connected with our sense of smell. In...

Students read "How To Make an Apple Pie and See the World", the story of a girl who traveled the world to find the ingredients to make her apple pie. They conduct a series of interdisciplinary activities including testing their senses,...

It makes sense to sniff out a good lesson on the sense of smell. Here is a six-slide presentation that can be a strong component to that lesson! With photographs and expository graphics, life scientists find that smell is the detection...

Everyone thinks their dog's the best, but in the case of smelling ability, all dogs possess super powers. In fact, a dog's nose can be over a 1,000 times more sensitive than a human's. In this project, learn about smell from a dog's...

How does your nose work in combination with your brain to analyze all the different scents you smell? Find out what scientists have discovered after studying how mouse brain cells react to different scents.

Explore the migration behavior of various animals, and investigate the sense of smell as a tracking device for these migrations. Emulate salmons by following and scented path, and construct a map of the "river" as you head "upstream."

Students experiment to determine classmates taste and smell to find out which sends the clearest message to the brain.

Students experiment with different scents (vanilla, peppermint, perfumes etc.) to explore their sense of smell.