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.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Antarctica: Which Types of Sounds Do You Know?
For this lesson, students learn about the five senses, identify objects that make sound, and take a fun fact quiz at the end.
Curated OER
Kids Health: How the Body Works: Your Nose
Learn about the nose and its function in the olfactory system of the human body. For auditory learners, a read-aloud feature is also available.
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Merck Manual: Smell and Taste Disorders
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.
PBS
Newton's Apple: Taste and Smell
Discusses the senses of smell and taste and describes their interconnectedness. Provides an activity to investigate the interactive nature of taste and smell.
Frostburg State University
General Chemistry Online: Fire and Spice
A game of missing match-ups is similar to the way different molecules align to ignite olfactory nerves. Gain insight into the theory of odor.
McGraw Hill
The Mc Graw Hill Companies, Inc.: Sense of Smell
This informative site provides information on the olfactory receptors, olfactory epithelium, and olfactory bulb. Detailed drawing supplement the text along with an animation that depicts the movement of molecules through the nose.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Taste and Smell
[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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Speedy Smells
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore how the mass of a molecule affects how quickly a smell will reach our noses.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Senses
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how sensory stimuli are perceived and interpreted.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Have You Seen My Mother?
This instructional activity will introduce the sense of smell. It will show how an animal, such as a bat, finds its baby by using the sense of smell. Students will have the opportunity to view information on the Internet to learn more...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Diminished Sensory Input and the Enjoyment of Food
This is a five-question quiz pertaining to the passage "Diminished Sensory Input and the Enjoyment of Food."
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Taste and Smell Questions
This is a 10-question quiz pertaining to taste and smell.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.52 Taste and Smell
Understand the human senses of taste and smell.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: How Plants Spice Up Our Lives
Students take apart and label basic parts of a plant in this lesson plan. The students also use kitchen spices to determine which part of a plant was used for various flavorings.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Introduction to the Senses
This lesson plan allows learners to investigate body parts associated with each of the five senses.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Mystery of the Senses Smell
Understand how the sense of smell has strong connection to the limbic region of the brain and experience how the brain associates smells with memories and emotions.
Other
Senses: Online Word Search Puzzle
Have fun finding words associated with the five senses: smell, taste, touch, hearing, and sight. When finished with the game, rescramble the word search and play again.
Treehut
Suzy's World: How to Attract a Shark
This site from Suzy's World, which is a personal site from Suzy Cato, explores the shark's great sense of smell. Content includes shark facts and a fun (and smelly) experiment.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute: Classified
At this site from The Franklin Institute you can practice classifying objects according to physical structure and characteristics.
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Nasa Online: Smell: Common Causes of Household Odors
An explanation of how fungi and bacteria create unpleasant odors in a home environment.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Imagery Chart [Pdf]
A short graphic organizer for students in studying the literary element of imagery. Includes a definition and chart with five sections with examples, one for each of the senses.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids Science Projects and Experiments: Sense of Smell
Kids learn by experimenting with science. Project about the sense of smell.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Smelling and Tasting
Kids learn about the science of smelling and tasting. Two senses of the human body.