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Your Five Senses

For Teachers K - 12th
Students identify the five senses. In this biology lesson, students participate in an experiment and use their five senses to identify various substances.
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Ten Red Apples; The Five Senses

For Teachers K - 1st
A clever lesson designed around an apple awaits your learners. Descriptive words are used to explain what they believe is inside a bag while using their five senses. Students read the story The Apple Pie Tree and are introduced to the...
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Using Our Senses to Observe

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Look around and explore. Little ones use their five senses with some day-to-day activities designed to guide observation and apply STEM strategies. Young scientists learn through comparing/contrasting and...
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Give Me Five!

For Teachers K
Students become familiar with their five senses and how their experiences would change without them.  For this observations lesson, students observe using their five senses in a garden.  Students illustrate what they've...
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Curious George: Five Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Curious scholars make like Curious George and use their five senses to identify mystery objects. After a brief discussion, learners watch an engaging Curious George video in preparation for an activity. Scholars visit three tables that...
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Using Your Senses

For Teachers K - 1st
Here is a terrific activity that uses a special State Quarter as a learning tool. This one uses the Alabama State Quarter. During this activity, pupils learn about their five senses. They make observations about what is in paper bags...
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Using Our Five Senses

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore human anatomy by creating an oral report in class. In this five senses lesson plan, students read several real life situations and identify which of the five senses help in certain situations. Students create an oral...
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The Five Senses: How They Relate to our World

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore the five senses and the significance of each sense. In this five senses and diversity lesson, students listen to You Can't Smell a Flower With Your Ear by Joanna Cole and take a walk observing opportunities to use all...
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Five Senses Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students listen to The Brave Little Monster, by Ken Baker. In this five senses lesson, students identify the different senses that characters experience in the book they are listening to. They review the senses as a class with hands on...
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Monster Fun Learning the Five Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the five senses. In this health lesson, students read the book Brave Little Monster and identify the five senses from the book. Students draw an illustration from the book as a follow-up activity.
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Our Five Senses

For Teachers K
Students are introduced to the five senses through tasks that require them to use each sense in isolation. Students discover how humans use their senses to learn more about their environment.
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The Five Senses - Magic School Bus

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars identify five senses, draw parts of body that relate to each of the senses, hear different sounds in the environment, write those experiences in their journals, and list at least four objects/things that relate to each of...
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Our Five Senses

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars use their five senses to describe what's in a mystery bag. In this senses lesson, students use a graphic organizer to collect words for a sensory poem.
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Review of the Five Senses

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the five senses. In this human biology lesson, students are given five items and identify which items match best with each of the senses. Students use objects such as a rock, hard candy, and a flower.
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Introducing the Five Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students use their five senses to guess what is in the microwave. In this five senses lesson, students use their senses to guess what is cooking in the microwave. Students are introduced to new vocabulary and listen to the book My Five...
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The Five Senses

For Teachers K
Students participate in a scavenger hunt using their sense of sight. They bring various texture materials from home and discuss how things feel. Students identify the smells inside five jars. They discuss things they hear and why hearing...
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Making Sense of Our Senses

For Teachers K
Students participate in activities about the five senses. They explore objects, listen to stories and discuss the senses with classmates.
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The Five Senses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students recognize how each of the five senses works and define the related terminology. They compare and contrast the means by which the senses gather information about the world. In addition, they research how an assigned sense works...
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Feelin' Buggy

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars discuss five senses, compare and contrast human and insect senses, use adjectives to describe things they touch, smell, and see, and write stories in first person describing what it would be like to be size of insect.
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Our Five Senses Affect Food Choices

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read My Five Senses: A Lion's Tale. In this five senses lesson plan, students understand the relationship between their five senses and how they affect their food choices. Students write journal entries about their senses and...
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Five Senses

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the five senses.  In this five senses science and literature lesson, students listen to The Magic School Bus Five Senses book, stopping to identify and discuss each sense.  Students draw and label a picture of...
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The Five Senses

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore their five senses. In this senses activity, students explore mystery boxes and use only one sense to determine what is inside the box. Examples of items in the mystery boxes include maracas, lemons, and cherry lotion.
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Lesson Plan 12: Writing With All Your Senses

For Teachers 4th - 11th
What does an ice cream sundae sound like? Challenge young writers to move beyond visual descriptions and craft details that appeal to all five senses. The examples provided by the script in this resource show pupils how to create rich...
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Recognizing the Importance of Sight

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners discover the true value of their senses. In this sight instructional activity, students discover the difficulty of life without sight by performing everyday activities without the help of their eyes. The learners examine their...