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Senses

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Senses

This unit helps students explore how and why humans use their five senses. It addresses the body parts used for each sense, as well as how these senses communicate with the brain to make meaning of the incoming information. The unit also addresses how each sense keeps us safe.

Overview Resources

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Senses Unit Roadmaps

Unit Nonfiction Books

Book cover shows three children using the senses of hearing, touch, sight, and smell.

Senses

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Lesson Resources

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Process Activities

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Identifying Substances by Smell

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Senses Poster

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Sensory Deprivation

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FOCUS Books

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Where Are You?

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Dogs Smell!

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Helping People See and Hear

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Where Are Its Eyes?

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Whiskers

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Supporting Materials

Investigation Packs

Properties of Senses

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Smell

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Hearing

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Taste

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Sight

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Mystery File

Inner Compass

Science Fair Resources

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Science Fair Project Ideas

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Debates

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Flavored Medicine

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Science Videos

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Food Flavor Mystery Solved

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Let's Hear It For Ears

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What Color Is Spring for You?

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Career Files

K-9 Police Officer; Optometrist; Perfume Maker; Sign Translator

Quick Reads

Animal Ears

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Animal Ears

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Animal Ears

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How Animals Smell

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Mint Flavor

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Mint Flavor

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Mint Flavor

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Optical Illusions

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Optical Illusions

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Soft to the Touch

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Soft to the Touch

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Concept Books

All Senses Concept Books

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Reading A-Z Books

Senses

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Graphic Organizers

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Cause and Effect

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Summarize

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Word Smart

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Retelling Rubrics

Nonfiction Retelling Rubric

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Science Diagrams

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The Sense of Sight

The Sense of Smell

Game Packs

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Complete Senses Game Pack

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Image Cards

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Vocabulary Cards

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Senses

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Word Work

Crossword; Fill in the Blank; Wordplay

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