Exploring the Five

Senses
By: Garrett Burke,
Stephanie Hamann, and
Monica Nicholson
Problem Solving and Innovating
Curriculum Expectations
Overall Expectation 24
As children progress through the Kindergarten program,
they: use technological problem-solving skills, on
their own and with others, in the process of creating
and designing (i.e., questioning, planning,
constructing, analysing, redesigning, and
communicating)

Specific Expectation 24.5

communicate and record results and findings either
individually or in groups

Which sense is most important to you and

why?
Learning Goals and Success Criteria
Today we will be learning about the 5 senses and what body part corresponds
with each.

I am learning about my sense of hearing

I am learning about my sense of sight
I am learning about my sense of smell
I am learning about my sense of touch
I am learning about my sense of taste
I am learning how to use all my senses at the same time

I can: demonstrate how to use my senses

I can: discuss my thought process with my peers
I can: display an understanding through play-based learning
The Five Senses: The Dr. Binocs Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1xNuU7gaAQ
Materials
- Sound: Glass Bottles
- Sight: Binoculars
- Smell: Various scented objects in plastic cups; blindfolds
- Touch: Mystery Boxes
- Pencils
- Handouts
- Activity sheets
- Cue cards
- Labels
- Various objects for the touch station
- Paper towel rolls
- IPad
Station 1 - Sound: Bottle Experiment
What part of the body do you hear with?

Instructions: Use your mouth to blow air at the entrance of the bottle and listen
for different sounds and record your findings.

What makes different sounds come out of the bottle?

What would happen if you were to put more water in the bottles?

Why are there different pitches?

How is this possible?

Station 2 - Sight: What Do You See?
“Keep an eye on it”
Which body part do you use to see out of?

Instructions: Use binoculars to see from the

perspective of a bird. Then, get down on the
ground to see from the perspective of a cat.

Engaging Questions:

● Why do you think birds see differently than

humans?
● How do you think other animals see? Can
you give some examples?
Station 3 - Smell: What Do You Smell?
What body part do you use to smell with?

Instructions: Use plastic cups and blindfolds to

determine whether the smell is:

1) Lemon
2) Orange
3) Coffee
4) Flowers
5) Pickle Juice
Use the handout provided to record your guesses. What does
6) Cilantro the smell remind you of? You can write or draw your guess.
7) Spiced apple tea Colour in the happy or sad face to determine whether or not
you liked the smell. If you colour in the sad face, why do you
8) Oregano not like the smell?
Station 4 - Touch: What Do You Feel?
Which body part do you use to feel with?

Instructions: Stick your hands through the holes of the box and feel the object
inside. What do you think it could be? Write or draw your guess on the cue cards
provided.
Box 1 Box 2

Box 3 Box 4

What else could you be using when you are feeling the objects? How do you
know that you are correct?
Activity Worksheet

Each students will

receive a worksheet.
Travel through the
stations with your
worksheet to record
your scientific
findings.
Station 1 - Sound: Bottle Experiment

Station 2 - Sight: What Do You See?

Station 3 - Smell: What Do You Smell?

Station 4 - Touch: What Do You Feel?

Groups
Extension Activity
Taste Exploration

What body part do you use to taste with?

- Discuss what foods are sweet? What foods are salty?

- Following a recipe, cook/bake some treats. What do the treats taste like?
What ingredients can you taste?

Inside/Outside

- Record what you see/hear/feel/smell inside. Then go outside and record

what you see/hear/feel/smell.