echoesof.science · Ages 6–7
My five senses
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Your senses tell you about the world. You see with your eyes, hear with your ears, smell with your nose, taste with your mouth and feel with your skin.
Light goes into your eyes. Your eyes send messages to your brain, and your brain makes the pictures you see.
Your mouth has tiny taste buds. They can taste sweet, sour, salty, bitter and a savoury taste called umami.
Your nose smells things in the air, like coffee or pine trees. Smell can also warn you about danger, like smoke or food that has gone bad.
Experiment: The mystery feely bag
- The teacher puts one object in the bag without anyone looking.
- Put one hand in the bag. No peeking!
- Feel it: is it soft or hard? Smooth or bumpy? Warm or cold?
- Say three words about how it feels, then guess what it is.
- Take it out and look. Were you right? Now it is the next person's turn.
| Object | It feels… | My guess | Right? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | soft / hard / bumpy / smooth | ||
| 2 | soft / hard / bumpy / smooth | ||
| 3 | soft / hard / bumpy / smooth |
Questions
Draw your face. Draw and colour the parts you use to see, hear, smell and taste.
🍎Which sense warns you about smoke?
When your nose is blocked, food tastes…
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In the feely bag, what did you find? How did your fingers know?
Sources for every fact on this sheet: echoesof.science/school/senses/sources/