To gain insight into the many different types of habitats, individuals must first get to know their own. Here, scholars explore their school environment, draw a map, compare and contrast their surroundings to larger ones. They then...

Have everything you need to know about the elements of poetry with a nine-page handout. Split into four categories—word sounds, meanings, arrangement, and imagery—budding poets may reference terms, read definitions, descriptions, and...

The AP Literature and Composition exam is all about close reading. Test takers are presented with a passage and asked to analyze how an author uses literary devices to create a desired effect. Prepare your students for the exam with a...

This site provides several sample sentences which show sensory details and aid students in writing specific rather than general sentences. It is a good site for someone preparing to write a descriptive essay. W.9-10.3d Precise/sensory...

A list of sensory words are included on this site. These words are organized according to each "sense" category. W.9-10.3d Precise/sensory details

This lesson introduces sensory language.

Despite the title of the page, this site explores the entire integumentary system, including skin, hair and nails. Content also includes the cutaneous sensory and cutaneous vascular systems, pigmentary system, sweat glands, sebaceous...

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.

Some excellent guidelines to consider when evaluating your setting in a short story or novel. Discusses the importance of setting, some examples, as well as practical advice in setting your story. W.11-12.3d Sensory/precise lang narratives

Describes the different parts of the nervous system and how it is organized.

BioAnin presents 3-D labeled images of all of the major systems of the human body, for example, the digestive system and the endocrine system. The images are embedded in slideshows. The site also has interactive 3-D models that can be...

This site from the St. Cloud State University provides many links in this index with general writing help. Under "Development" you'll find "Sensory Details." Under "Logical Fallicies" you'll find a link by the same name. Look under...

Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...

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"...

This is a glossary entry that defines the term "Imagery."

This is a glossary entry for the term "Synesthesia" including a definition and links to more information and examples.

A quick review to help students understand the function of different types of neurons in the human body.

Provides details of Piaget's theory of intellectual development, used by many developmental psychologists. It contains a chart illustrating "Stages of Cognitive Development."

Provides a discussion of the two parts of the nervous system: peripheral nervous system, and central nervous system. Also illustrates how signals travel through nerves.