Activity
The Franklin Institute

In Quiry Almanack: Touching

For Students 3rd - 8th
Let your students get a feel for their sense of touch by perusing this site. Site includes interactive activities to use in the classroom.
Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Revision Notes on the Five Senses

For Students 4th - 7th
Learn how the sense organs are structured and how they function to provide you with five senses.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Color Is Tuesday? Exploring Synesthesia

For Students 9th - 10th
How does one experience synesthesia- the neurological trait that combines two or more senses? Synesthetes may taste the number 9 or attach a color to each day of the week. Richard E. Cytowic explains the fascinating world of entangled...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Awesome, Weird, Cool Not!

For Students 4th
From observing a cat to touching and describing mysterious things in brown paper bags, 4th graders learn to understand that specialized senses and precise words go hand in hand in developing good inquiry skills.
Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Perception

For Students 9th - 10th
Try one of these 33 perception activities in your classroom.
Handout
University of Washington

University of Washington: Synesthesia

For Students 9th - 10th
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"...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Chemical Wonders

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to chemical engineering and learn about its many different applications. They are provided with a basic introduction to matter and its different properties and states. An associated hands-on activity gives...
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Mountain Beaver

For Students 4th - 8th
Some scientists think the Mountain Beaver is the world's most primitive living rodent, similar in appearance and behavior to animals that lived 60 million years ago. They have small eyes and ears and luxurious whiskers, and are, like...

Other popular searches