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Name That Taste

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students analyze taste buds. In this taste lesson, students complete an experiment in groups of four people. Students have four cups with a different substance in each cup. One student dips a Q-tip into each cup and tests on another...
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Physics of Sound: How We Hear Sounds

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine the way they hear sounds. In groups, they label and identify the functions of the different parts of the ear. After reading a book by Helen Keller, they research the mechanisms of sound and how sounds are different...
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The External Anatomy of the Crayfish

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate the external anatomy of a crayfish. In this arthropod lesson plan, students study the structures of the head, the body and the appendages of a crayfish. They locate specific structures present in arthropods and...
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Edible Bug Project

For Teachers K
Students recognize the characteristics of insects.  In this edible bugs instructional activity, students observe the body parts of an insect.  Students create an edible insect using a grape, carrot sticks and sorrel stems and...
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Cloze Passage: Our Sense of Sight

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this cloze learning exercise, students read a passage and fill in blanks with words from a word list. The passage is about the sense of sight.
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Textures Are Everywhere

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students take a walk outside and use the sense of touch to discover textures in their world. They record their observations and compare their observations with those of their classmates.
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Using Your Senses

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this using your senses worksheet, students read a 1 page article on senses and then connect 6 body parts to their actual senses by drawing a line from one to the other.
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Monster Fun Learning the Five Senses

For Teachers K
Students review the five senses with the teacher. They are given a set of pictures and while the teacher reads a story, they are to hold up the correct picture of which sense the character is using.
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The Five Senses Kids Activities and Crafts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students make binoculars to reinforce fine motor skills. In this fine motor skills lesson plan, students use colorful materials such as toilet paper rolls, craft paper, crayons, glue, scissors and yarn to make binoculars. By doing this...
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Our Senses: How We Receive Messages

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore the 5 senses. In this 5 senses lesson, students consider how their senses aid them in communication. Students examine how their senses receive information as they discuss examples.
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The Kaballah

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive philosophy worksheet, learners respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about the practice of Kabbalah.
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Lyle's Triangles

For Students K - 12th Standards
Try five problems on triangles. Levels A and B focus on shapes that can be created from right triangles. Level C touches upon the relationship between the area of a six-pointed star and the area of each triangle of which it is composed....
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The Houdini Box: Compare and Contrast

For Students 6th - 8th
How did Houdini do it? After reading a short passage about magicians and their tricks, readers are asked to compare and contrast some of the illusions these prestidigitators create. 
App
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Let's Create! Pottery HD

For Students 6th - 12th
Using a potter’s wheel to make functional art is an experience not common to most people. Provide your learners with a chance to see what pottery making is all about with an app that allows them to create pots, fire them, decorate them,...
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Our Sense Organs And Their Uses

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this sense organs worksheet, students determine facts about our sense organs and their uses. Students write fifteen multiple choice, true and false, and fill in the blank answers.
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Explore the Ocean

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore the oceans from their origin. In this oceans lesson, students read and discuss excerpts from the Book of Genesis regarding the creation of the ocean. Students then clean up a mock oil spill, measure the volume and area...
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Lesson Plan One: Introduction to the Five Senses

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students listen to book See, Hear, Touch, Taste, Smell, by Melvin Berger, and explore five senses and sense organs
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Monster Fun Learning the Five Senses: Science, Health

For Teachers K
Students explore their five senses using Ken Baker's "Brave Little Monster" as a springboard.
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Making Connections: Exploring Our Brains through the Five Senses

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students identify structures of the brain, and neurons and analyze their functions.  In this nervous system lesson students create drawings and models of anatomy.
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Applied Science - Science and Math Pre Lab

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore human senses. In this applied Science lesson, students utilize their senses to distinguish various objects. Students explain their descriptions.
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My Five Senses

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate the five senses. In this senses lesson, students explore the nervous system. Students examine how the body receives information through the five senses.
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Brain and Senses

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students investigate the brain through multiple senses. In this biology lesson, students experiment with different activities involving taste, memory, touch, and sight to understand how the brain works. Students work in partners and...
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The Five Senses

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore their five senses. In this senses lesson, 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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The Five Senses Word Search: 10 Words

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this five senses word puzzle worksheet, students examine the 10 words in the word bank and locate them in the word search puzzle.