Human Body Week 6- 7: The Five Senses

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I have combined weeks 6 and 7, because this topic really takes more than one week, but you can split it up over how ever many days you really want to take.

Additional Reading (Overview)

Read these at the beginning of the week to introduce the topic, or throughout the week whenever you have time. 

     

Watch:

Five Senses Children’s Song Video

How Do Our Senses Help Us?

Vocabulary/ Copywork:

The five senses—sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch—work together to tell the brain what is going on around me.

Read (Sense of Sight):

Human Body Encyclopedia pg. 8-9 (“Seeing”)

My Body pg. 36 (“My Eyes”)

Activity 1:

Egg Carton Eyes Craft

Watch:

How Your Eyes Work Video

Activity 2:

Pupil Response Chart- Observe each other’s pupils both in a dark room & a light room. Discuss the changes and how our eyes let light in.

Read (Sense of Hearing):

Human Body Encyclopedia pg. 10-11 (“Hearing”)

My Body pg. 37 (“My Ears”)

Activity 3:

Go on a Listening Walk. Use only your ears to explore your surroundings. Draw pictures of what you heard along the way.

Watch:

How Your Ears Work video

Activity 4:

What Do You Hear Game? Place various objects in small plastic eggs, each labeled with a number. Try to guess what is in each egg only by shaking it. Record the number of the object on the recording sheet.

Read (Sense of Taste & Smell):

Human Body Encyclopedia pg. 12-13 (“Taste & Smell”)

My Body pg. 36 (“My Nose”)

My Body pg. 37 (“My Tongue”)

Watch:

Sense of Taste & Smell

How Your Tongue Works

Activity 5:

Blind Food Taste Test: Have someone place a bite-sized portion of several types of foods on a plate (some ideas: apple, potato, cooked pasta, potato chip, cheese, chocolate, lemon). Blindfolded, first smell each item, then taste to see if you can guess what type of food it is. Have someone record your answers.

Read (Sense of Touch):

Human Body Encyclopedia pg. 14-15 (“Touch”)

Watch:

Mr. R’s Sense of Touch Song

Activity 6:

Texture Test: Have someone place various objects in brown paper bags (some ideas: sandpaper, feathers, wool, crumpled leaves, sponge). Using only your sense of touch, try to guess what the objects are. Glue a piece of each object onto a picture of a hand. Write describing words such as soft, rough, or bumpy under each.

Activity 7:

My Body pg. 38: Decorate the face to look like your own. Add yarn for hair, then add it to your life-sized wall model.

Activity 8:

“__ Has Five Senses” Craft to review all five senses

Activity 9:

Five Senses Sorting Worksheet