The Five Senses

Intro activity to the Five Senses:

Five Senses Activities

The Brain Pop Jr. video titled, The Senses, is a great overview of the five senses:

The Senses

It is important to connect the Five Senses with ways to describe properties of matter.

The study of popcorn can be done using all five senses:

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Another way to use all five senses is in a study of gummy worms. The site below has some excellent ideas and a link to a unit about the Five senses on her TPT site.

Let Them Eat Worms

Taste

A tasty way to explore the sense of taste:

Tasting Bottles

Touch

The sense of touch can be explored through textures, temperatures, and wetness/dryness:

Here are two experiments to try:

Identifying 3D shapes by touch

Touch-and-Feel-Bags

Smell

An excellent activity that has students practice identifying different smells:

Sense of Smell Fun

Sound

A lesson and resources on the sense of hearing:

Sense of Hearing

Sight

Make observations using the hand lens. Draw scientific diagrams with labels.

Practice ordering colors by their gradation:

Color Grading

After all the senses have been explicitly taught, and students have a good understanding of the vocabulary associated with

this study, it would be fun to go out into the school yard for a Nature Scavenger Hunt. If kindergarten and first grade students

try this activity, they would need a list of items with corresponding pictures. I like the idea of using all the senses to find these items!

Perhaps some pleasant smelling items could be added to the list. I would not recommending taste to the list!

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