First graders discover how sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch each use a different body part to help them explore and make sense of the world around them.
Students will be able to…
Right now your body is gathering information in five different ways at once. What are the five senses, and how do they help you understand the world?
Project this and open each card to explore the five senses and the body part that each one uses.
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Close your eyes. How can you still tell what is happening around you?
Students explore each sense and its body part.
Students match everyday things to a sense.
Students observe with each sense.
Students reflect on how senses help.
Aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (Grade 1 / Early Elementary Science).
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and animals use external parts to survive.
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals need to survive.
Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
Participate in collaborative conversations about grade 1 topics with peers and adults.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students take a short walk and notice one thing with each sense, then draw their favorite. A printable five-senses worksheet is in the Science library.
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A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.