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National Institutes of Health

Nidcd: Smell Disorders

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the sense of smell and disorders associated with smell. The site provides information on what makes our sense of smell work, what smell disorders are, what causes these disorders, and whether these disorders may be...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Our Sense of Smell

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How does our sense of smell work? In this lesson learners use four different flavors of dry soft drink mix to investigate the sense of smell, and learn that the nose can detect very small particles in air, and transmit the information to...
Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Food Like Smell on Plastic May Lure Seabirds to Eat

For Students 9th - 10th
When plastic smells like supper, seabirds and other animals can be fooled into thinking it is food. Take a look at this investigation.
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NBC

Nbc Learn: Common Scents: Chemistry of Smell

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this video/lesson series we will explore the sense of smell. We profile 21st Century Chemist Nate Lewis, who's working to develop an artificial "nose" that can help detect odors, including hazardous gases and chemicals. A story on the...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Do We Smell?

For Students 9th - 10th
An adult human can distinguish up to 10,000 odors. You use your nose to figure out what to eat, what to buy and even when it's time to take a shower. But how do the molecules in the air get translated into smells in your brain? This...
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University of Washington

University of Washington: Neuroscience for Kids: Smell Experiments

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Describes experiments students can do to investigate the sense of smell. The experiments target either grades K-6 and 3-12.
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Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Merck Manual: Smell and Taste Disorders

For Students 9th - 10th
The Merck Manual offers an interesting article that describes ways in which your sense of smell can be affected. Diagnosis and treatment for loss of smell are also discussed.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Taste and Smell

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Imagine you open a gallon of milk, and you suddenly smell a foul odor. Your sense of smell has informed you that the milk has spoiled. So you pour the spoiled milk...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Your Sense of Smell

For Students 3rd - 8th
Dinner is cooking and boy does it smell good. Understand how our sense of smell works at this Exploratorium site.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Taste and Smell Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 10-question quiz pertaining to taste and smell.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How to Master Your Sense of Smell

For Students 9th - 10th
Some perfumers can distinguish individual odors in a fragrance made of hundreds of scents; tea-experts have been known to sniff out the exact location of a particular tea; and the NYC Transit Authority once had a employee responsible...
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Other

10 Smell Myths: Uncovering the Stinkin' Truth

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides links to some key research which has been done in reference to some commonly held myths regarding smell.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.52 Taste and Smell

For Students 5th - 9th
Understand the human senses of taste and smell.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Nose Knows Smell but How About Taste?

For Students 3rd - 8th
As if sniffles and clogged sinuses are bad enough, everything seems to taste bland and flavorless when we are sick. Gather up a few volunteers, hit the kitchen, and try this experiment to find out if there is really truth to the idea...
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PBS

Newton's Apple: Taste and Smell

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Discusses the senses of smell and taste and describes their interconnectedness. Provides an activity to investigate the interactive nature of taste and smell.
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The Franklin Institute

In Quiry Almanack: Smelling

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides fun activities for kids to do in the classroom to help them better understand the sense of smell.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Speedy Smells

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore how the mass of a molecule affects how quickly a smell will reach our noses.
Activity
Other

Historical Scene Investigation: Hsi: I Smell a Rat: Constitution Controversy

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity in which students act as detectves to investigate an historical issue. In this activity students analyze primary source material to learn about controversy surrounding the U.S. Constitution when they are asked to find out what...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Smell of Rain

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "The Smell of Rain" by Jennifer Owings Dewey, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Taste a Smell Test

For Students 1st - 5th
Take the jellybean test to see how your sense of smell enhances taste.
Interactive
South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Nasa Online: Sense of Smell

For Students 3rd - 8th
Animation demonstrates how the nose perceives and interprets a smell.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: The Human Body: The Senses: Smelling

For Students 4th - 9th
Self-playing slideshow, with an accompanying quiz, explains the anatomy and sensorial function of the nose.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Smelling and Tasting

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of smelling and tasting. Two senses of the human body.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Science Projects and Experiments: Sense of Smell

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn by experimenting with science. Project about the sense of smell.

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