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Sense explorers

Science Year 1
This unit is part of Year 1 Science Ourselves

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Objectives

Place different items (noisy, textured, smelly) in a feely bag and talk about how we know what those items are. What senses are we using? List the five senses together and go outside to explore the environment.

Science Objectives
i) Identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which parts of the body is associated with which sense.

Working Scientifically

  1. Ask simple questions and recognise that they can be answered in different ways.
  2. Use their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions.

You Will Need

Provided Resources

  • Senses Cards resource

Additional Resources

  • Feely bag and items
  • Outdoor environment
  • Scarves for blindfolding
  • Three covered jars with different smells inside (for example, lavender, garlic, lemon slices)

Weblinks
BBC Bitesize - The five senses from www.bbc.co.uk

Lesson Planning

Teaching

  • Understand that we have different ways of exploring the world and that often our senses work together to help us do that.
  • Explore the different senses through a range of activities.
  • Observe different things outside and describe what they smell like, look like and feel like.
  • Be aware of the meaning of the scientific language concerning senses.

Activities

  1. Understand that we need our senses to help us explore the world and that often our senses work together to make that possible.
  2. Observe what it is like to explore without sight.
  3. Be aware of the meaning of the scientific language concerning senses.

Investigation - exploring
Go outside to explore the school grounds using different senses.
Blindfold each other to find out what it is like without the sense of sight.

Vocabulary
Touch, sight, smell, taste, hear, sense

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