Why Do I Feel, See and Hear?

LIFE SCIENCES

Curiosity trigger

During the experiments and games the students will learn how their senses work – each sense on its own and all the senses together. They will see how the brain collaborates with the senses based on a sneezing experiment.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Critical thinking and drawing conclusion

In this lesson, you will cover:

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS:
4-LS1-2. Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.

You will need

A box with objects hidden inside (e.g. a leaf, dried apricots, nuts), salt, sugar, citric acid, cocoa, hydrogen peroxide, iron filings, a magnet.

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Authors

Author: Iwona Łozińska
Methodology: Joanna Miszkiel
Translation: Jason Lowther
Producer: Marta Przywara

Source

This lesson plan is a modified version of one created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license. Photo Smell by Dennis Wong published on flickr under the CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 license.

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