Christa RichardsChrista RichardsKennesaw State UniversityKennesaw State University

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Kindergarten: Physical ScienceKindergarten: Physical ScienceSKP1. Students will describe objects in SKP1. Students will describe objects in terms of the materials they are made of terms of the materials they are made of and their physical properties.and their physical properties.B. Use senses to classify common B. Use senses to classify common materials, such as buttons or swatches of materials, such as buttons or swatches of cloth, according to their physical attributes cloth, according to their physical attributes (color, size, shape, weight, texture, (color, size, shape, weight, texture, buoyancy, flexibility).buoyancy, flexibility).http://www.georgiastandards.orghttp://www.georgiastandards.org

Table of ContentsTable of ContentsOur Five Sense Are:Our Five Sense Are:What do you use?What do you use?Examples of the sensesExamples of the sensesSmellSmellTasteTasteTouchTouchHearHearSeeSeeAre they really important?Are they really important?Class Survey Class Survey – Column GraphColumn Graph– Pie ChartPie Chart

Daily use of sensesDaily use of sensesEndingEnding

Our Five Senses Are:Our Five Senses Are:

SmellSmell

TasteTaste

TouchTouch

HearHear

SeeSee

What do you use?What do you use?

The Five Senses

Smell Taste Touch Hear See

Nose Mouth Hands Ears Eyes

Examples of the SensesExamples of the Senses

SmellSmell TasteTaste TouchTouch HearHear SeeSee

FoodFood Ice Ice CreamCream

ToysToys MusicMusic PeoplePeople

SkunksSkunks PizzaPizza BooksBooks VoicesVoices ColorsColors

PerfumePerfume French French FriesFries

ComputeComputersrs

LaughterLaughter AnimalsAnimals

SmellSmellSmell is a very Smell is a very important sense important sense because it could because it could save your life. If save your life. If you were in a you were in a burning building, burning building, you would need to you would need to be able to smell the be able to smell the smoke, in order to smoke, in order to get out of the room get out of the room safelysafely..

TasteTasteAnother sense that Another sense that you use everyday you use everyday is taste. Just think is taste. Just think of how boring it of how boring it would be if would be if everything tasted everything tasted the same. That the same. That means that pizza means that pizza would taste the would taste the same as broccoli. same as broccoli.

YUCK!!!This tastes

like broccoli.

TouchTouchTry to imagine how Try to imagine how many things you many things you touch a day. touch a day. That’s a pretty big That’s a pretty big number! Just think number! Just think about all of the about all of the things you would things you would miss out on if you miss out on if you couldn’t touch or couldn’t touch or feel anything.feel anything.

HearHearIt is also very It is also very important to be able important to be able to hear. You can hear to hear. You can hear what people are what people are saying to you and you saying to you and you can hear all the can hear all the different sounds different sounds outside. Without ears outside. Without ears you wouldn’t be able you wouldn’t be able to hear the TV or the to hear the TV or the radio, and that would radio, and that would be pretty boring.be pretty boring.

SeeSeeBeing able to see is Being able to see is great, because you can great, because you can tell who someone is, tell who someone is, what color something what color something is, and many other is, and many other things. If you weren’t things. If you weren’t able to see you would able to see you would just be walking around just be walking around feeling completely lost, feeling completely lost, and you would never and you would never be able to go anywhere be able to go anywhere by yourself. by yourself.

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Are they really Are they really important?important?

All of the senses are All of the senses are important, because important, because each one of them each one of them helps you every helps you every single day of your life. single day of your life. I want you to take a I want you to take a few minutes to think few minutes to think about how different about how different your life would be your life would be without at least one of without at least one of your senses.your senses.

Class SurveyClass SurveyClass Survey: Most Important Sense

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Hear See Smell Touch Taste

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Class SurveyClass Survey

Class Survey: Most Important Sense

58%

5%

21%

16%See

Smell

Touch

Taste

Daily Use of SensesDaily Use of Senses

You hear yourmom yell that

dinner is ready.

Then you see dinner on the table.

Then you smell food as you walk to the kitchen.

Then you touch the fork when you pick it up.

Then finally you taste the food.

I’m so happy to have all of my senses!!!!