Five Senses by Chelsea Phillips

Introduction

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PBL: How can we tell what food is in each can if all the labels were torn off?

Standard: SKCS1. Students will be aware of the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science and will exhibit these traits in their own efforts to understand how the world works.

a. Raise questions about the world around you and be willing to seek answers to some of the questions by making careful observations (5 senses) and trying things out.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQNqXnjJxH4

 

 

Task

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Students will explore how their bodies receive information through their senses, name their five senses, and give examples of each.

 

~ I used my tongue to taste morning snack

~ I used my hands to touch the rabbit's fur

~ I used my ears to hear the gym teachers whistle

~ I used my eyes to see the stop and go lights on the way to school

~ I used my nose to smell lunch cooking

Process

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4blyN8Fo1g

 

Students will use their senses to figure out what type of food is in the cans of food. Instead of using sight for every can, there will be times where the students are blindfolded, and have to rely on their ability to taste, smell, and touch. 

Below you will find two different websites where you will find information on different cans of food. Use this information to determine what food is in each can based on what you gathered using your senses. 

https://www.leaf.tv/articles/types-of-canned-foods/

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/g5147/healthy-canned-foods/

 

 

Evaluation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMybpK7j8MM

Students will complete the quiz video as a large group, then individually give an example of something using each of their five senses. 

 

Five Senses Rubric

 

Beginner

1 pts

Developing

2 pts

Developed

3 pts

  

 

Sense of Smell 

Beginner



Was able to either identify what we smell with or tell what we do with our nose 

Developing



Was able to identify what we smell with AND tell what we do with our nose 

Developed



Was able to identify what we smell with and tell what we do with our nose as well as give 2 or more examples of something we can smell 

Sense of Touch 

Beginner



Was able to either identify what we touch with or tell what we do with our fingers/hands 

Developing



Was able to either identify what we touch with AND tell what we do with our fingers/hands 

Developed



Was able to either identify what we touch with and tell what we do with our fingers/hands as well as give 2 or more examples of something we can touch 

Sense of Taste 

Beginner



Was able to either identify what we taste with or tell what we do with our tongue 

Developing



Was able to either identify what we taste with AND tell what we do with our tongue 

Developed



Was able to either identify what we taste with and tell what we do with our tongue as well as give 2 or more examples of something we can taste 

Sense of Hearing 

Beginner



Was able to either identify what we hear with or tell what we do with our ears 

Developing



Was able to either identify what we hear with AND tell what we do with our ears 

Developed



Was able to either identify what we hear with and tell what we do with our ears as well as give 2 or more examples of something we can hear 

Sense of Sight 

Beginner



Was able to either identify what we see with or tell what we do with our eyes 

Developing



Was able to either identify what we see with AND tell what we do with our eyes 

Developed



Was able to either identify what we see with and tell what we do with our eyes as well as give 2 or more examples of something we can see 

Conclusion

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Now you know how you use your five senses everyday, and will be able to teach others.