Introduction
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.
Task
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
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
Students will complete the quiz video as a large group, then individually give an example of something using each of their five senses.
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Five Senses Rubric |
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Developing |
Developed |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
Now you know how you use your five senses everyday, and will be able to teach others.