The Five Senses

THE FIVE SENSES
By: Shelby Kerner

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will be able to identify which parts of
the body match up with each of the five senses.
Students will be able to identify each of the five
senses.
Students will know the difference between each
of the five senses.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
What are the five senses?
Which part of the body is each of these five
senses associated with?

ACTIVITIES
Each day students will work on a worksheet for a
specific sense. (5 senses covered over 5 days.)
Students will participate in hands on experimental
learning to put their knowledge of each of the senses
to the test.

TEKS
§112.11. Science, Kindergarten
• (a) Introduction
(4) In Kindergarten, students observe and describe the
natural world using their five senses
• (b) Knowledge and skills
(4) Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student uses
age-appropriate tools and models to investigate the natural
world. The student is expected to:
(B) use senses as a tool of observation to identify
properties and patterns of organisms, objects, and events
in the environment.

REFERENCES
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/sense
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http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=6148