Introduction
Humans have five basic senses: touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste. The sensing organs associated with each sense send information to the brain to help us understand and perceive the world around us. People also have other senses in addition to the basic five.
Task
Instruction: Answer the questions briefly and precisely.
1-5. What are the 5 basic senses?
6. What body sense is used when we smell a flower?
7. Sense used when we eat ice cream?
8. What body sense is used when holding an object?
9. What sense is used when we want to hear a piece of music or sound?
10. What body sense is used when we want to watch a movie?
Process
HERE'S HOW THEY WORK
Eyes
- Sight also referred to as the vision, is our ability to see.
- The eyes are the visual sensory organs of the human body.
- Other animals, birds, and fish also see through their eyes.
- Human eyes vary in color depending on the amount of melanin in the body.
- Eye colors can be brown, blue, gray, green, and even combinations.
- Our eyes are sensitive to images of light.
Ears
- Hearing, also referred to as auditory perception or audition, is our ability to perceive sounds.
- We have our auditory system by which we detect vibrations and hear sounds.
- Our ears are auditory organs.
Nose
- The sense of smell is also referred to as olfaction.
- We have our olfactory system by which we smell and perceive different odors and scents.
- The nose is an olfactory organ.
- The nose can also be an organ to aid in our sense of taste.
- Humans breathe through two holes called nostrils.
- There are hundreds of olfactory receptors that interpret the smells around us.
Tongue
- We have one tongue by which we perceive various tastes and flavors like sweet, salty, sour, and bitter.
- The small bumps on the tongue are the papillae.
- In between the papillae are the taste buds.
- Taste buds, also called gustatory calyculi, are the sensory organs on the tongue’s upper surface.
- The different parts of the tongue detect distinct flavors: front for salty and sweet, back for bitter, and sides for sour.
- Taste, also referred to as gustation, is the sense we use to detect the taste of food and other substances..
Skin
- Our skin is the largest organ as it covers our whole body.
- The receptors on our skin allow us to perceive texture, pain, temperature, pressure, and pain.
- Touch is also referred to as tactician, somatosensation, or mechanoreception.
- The sense of touch is activated by neural receptors found in the skin, and other surfaces like the tongue and hair follicles.
Evaluation
Instruction: Choose the best letter of your answer. Underline the letter and the words of your chosen answer.
1. Sight also referred to as?
A. Vision
B. Auditory
C. Olfaction
2. Hearing also referred to as?
A. Vision
B. Auditory
C. Olfaction
3. The sense of smell is also referred to as?
A. Vision
B. Auditory
C. Olfaction
4. Taste buds also called?
A. Gustatory Calyculi
B. Tactician
C. Papillae
5. Touch is also referred to as?
A. Gustatory Calyculi
B. Tactician
C. Papillae
6. The small bumps on the tongue?
A. Gustatory Calyculi
B. Tactician
C. Papillae
7. Auditory system by which we detect vibrations and hear sounds?
A. Ears
B. Nose
C. Tongue
8. Perceive various tastes and flavors like sweet, salty, sour, and bitter?
A. Ears
B. Nose
C. Tongue
9. The largest organ as it covers our whole body?
A. Ears
B. Nose
C. Skin
10. We smell and perceive different odors and scents?
A. Ears
B. Nose
C. Skin
Conclusion
At the end of this activity, the learners will able to enumerate the 5 basic senses in our body. They will also going to identify its uses and functions.