By using the web sites given to you on this page, take the information from them to answer the following questions. Our five senses are very important to us. We need them to get through everyday life and to help us do what we do in the world. Our five senses are taste, touch, sight, smell, and hear. Using all five of them we can understand what is going on in the world around us.

TASTE

What are the four tastes our tongue allows us to taste?

http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/etc/SENSES

TOUCH

What are some textures we can feel with our sense of touch?

http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/etc/SENSES

SIGHT

How do people read if they do not have their sense of sight?

http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/etc/SENSES

What do our eyes gather in order for us to see objects?

http://www.uen.org/utahlink/lp_res/TRB028.html

SMELL

What are the basic categories of smell?

www.uen.org/utahlink/lp_res/TRB028.html

What are some distinctive smells?

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chsmell.html

HEARING

What are some other ways we know what is going on if we lost our sense of hearing?

http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/etc/SENSES

Please visit these other sites for more information on your senses:
http://www.sedl.org/scimath/pasopartners/sense/welcome.html
http://www.hhmi.org/senses/

Sites to find lesson plans on the five senses:
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson183.shtml
http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/5senses.htm

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