Life Science · Animal Structures
The Five Senses: How We Observe the World
Use sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste as safe sources of information, and practice telling an observation from a guess.
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The Five Senses: How We Observe the World
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Lesson overview
What students will learn
- Match sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste with the body parts and information used for each sense.
- Make a safe observation and describe only information that a sense actually collected.
Key science ideas
- Eyes help us see color, shape, size, position, and movement.
- Ears help us hear sounds.
- Skin helps us feel texture and temperature when something is safe to touch.
Lesson at a glance
- Grade 1
- 35 min
- ~8 min prep
- 1-LS1-1
- 5 materials
What’s included
- Lesson Plan
- Investigation
- Teacher Slides
- Printable Worksheet
- Teacher Answer Key
- Interactive Activity
- Vocabulary