Discusses how the structures of the noseinteract to produce our sense of smell.Has links to lab activities and teacher lessonson this topic.

Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This would be...

This extensive lesson plan covers various topics about how animals interact with their environment. Topics include how animals sense their environment, how environments and organisms change together, and how animals use their senses to...

After exploring the scenario of how a pit-viper may get his midnight snack, students learn about the infrared sense of a pit-viper. They then discuss how infrared technology has helped in our society.

This ebook version of Harriet Martineau's Five Years Of Youth, Or, Sense And Sentiment has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a series of graphic organizers. Students will be able to plan the writing of summaries, paragraphs, and literary responses.

Second graders have greater engagement in learning when it is organized around gathering and using meaningful data.

Do you know what the largest sensory organ of the body is? Use this site on skin and its sense of touch to learn more.

This is a comprehensive article about what descriptive writing including what it is, why to teach it and strategies to teach it. It also features two videos Five Senses Graphic Organizer and Writing Poems as well as an annotated list of...

Some are cold and wet. Others are long and droopy. Some are so sensitive they can detect a drop of blood in 94 liters of water. They're noses, a scent-sational sensory organ.

Students learn what insects are, how they live, how they find food, how they defend themselves, and how they affect humans. Organized into several articles accompanied by high-quality photos and video, this online exhibit provides...

This site has some interesting ways to collect and evaluate data. There are some activities about note taking, spreadsheets, surveys, and a cool bridge construction project. Teachers may want to use this site as a resource for some...

This site has a collection of learning activities, games, experiments, and lesson plans on the five senses. Organized by grade level and topic, this site is packed with an assortment of interactive and engaging activities, that would...

This site has a collection of learning activities, games, experiments, and lesson plans on the five senses. Organized by grade level and topic, this site is packed with an assortment of interactive and engaging activities, that would...

This site has a collection of learning activities, games, experiments, and lesson plans on the five senses. Organized by grade level and topic, this site is packed with an assortment of interactive and engaging activities, that would...

This site explains what reptiles are, where they live, what they look like, how they move, how they breathe, what they eat, what their sense organs are, and how they reproduce.

MathWorld provides a huge mathematics encyclopedia detailing the concepts of geometry, algebra, calculus, discrete math, number theory, and other math topics--complete with formulas, diagrams, examples, and references for thorough...

Learn more about the six senses that sharks use to hunt. Descriptions and pictures of each sensory organ are provided.

Explains what Robert K. Merton meant by the norms of science, and summarizes the four norms highlighted by Merton. These are Universalism, 'Communism' or the sense of being part of a community, Disinterestedness, and Organized...

This lesson will be implemented as part of a unit about plants. The students will describe the characteristics of a peanut and peanut butter (using their five senses) and record their observations/descriptions on a graphic organizer....

This lesson allows students to explore color - both in literal and figurative terms. Students will read books about color, discuss the emotion involved with color, and incorporate color metaphors to write poems using the graphic...

Students will write a persuasive essay trying to convince their audience to eat healthy. Students will use the Makes Sense Strategies to complete the lesson. [Requires Adobe Reader.]

Have you ever seen something and associated it with a taste? If so, you many have Synesthesia. This condition is not widely publicized but may be present in as many as 1 out of every 200 individuals. Learn more about "joined perception"...

Try this "Real world," challenge taken directly from the today's health journals. Use your problem solving, data analysis, and number sense skills to figure out if soda intake among teenage girls is related to incidences of broken bones....