Your Five Senses

Students examine the functions of the endocrine system.  In this body protective systems lesson plan students identify body reactions, define terms and complete an activity.

Young scholars listen with closed eyes to a story that starts in a relaxed tone and ends in a scream. They list the body reactions they experience: fast heart rate, shaking, etc. and hypothesize the reason for the reactions. They explore...

Do you know what doesn't stink? This resource! The video explains how people can smell, when they start smelling, and the changing idea of how many different smells individuals can identify. It introduces the concept of olfactory...

Young scholars research the process for the preparation of a soup. Students explore the safety issues of food preparation. Young scholars, after presenting their soups to the class, will eat their soups that they have prepared.

Young scholars investigate how animals adapt to use its senses to identify foods that are nutritious or noxious. They determine how they associate foods with other things such as birthdays. They discuss the role of the nervous system in...

A short video illustrating the olfactory system in the body. Identify how the sense of smell works. [0:35]

Students conduct an experiment to determine whether or not the sense of smell is important to being able to recognize foods by taste. They do this by attempting to identify several different foods that have similar textures. For some of...

Students explore human anatomy by creating an oral report in class. In this five senses lesson, students read several real life situations and identify which of the five senses help in certain situations. Students create an oral...

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...

Students identify structures of the brain, and neurons and analyze their functions.  For this nervous system lesson students create drawings and models of anatomy.