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Making Cents of the Senses

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Students explore sight and hearing. In this senses lesson, students read Brown Bear Brown Bear, discuss how eyes are used for sight, and chart the eye color of the students in the class. Students discuss how hearing is important, take a listening walk through the inside and outside of the school, and discuss what they heard.

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sense of sight, vision, hearing, the five senses

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hearing, senses, sight, science
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Grade
K - 2nd
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategy
Project-Based Learning

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