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AMANDA JEANE

5 Senses Unit Plan

This First Grade unit plan was designed to help students to learn "how to be a scientist".  The unit includes all five senses and activities to help students personally relate to their senses.
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Rational:
First grade students are introduced to foundational scientific concepts through hands on investigations of the five sense.  This unit incorporates technology, hands-on activities, cooperative learning opportunities, and language arts integration.  Students learn about the five major senses in order to understand how scientists view the world and explore.

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Introduction

Students will be able to identify the 5 major sense and what part of the body they correlate to.  This lesson includes a read aloud and an interactive learning center matching activity.
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Sense of Sight

Students will be able to work collaboratively in groups to identify, utilize, and discuss scientific tools.  Hand lenses and binoculars will be added to the  learning center.
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afishsees_pocketbook_levela.pdf
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Sense of Smell

Students will be able to work collaboratively in groups to investigate scents and record data from theirs findings.  Pocketbooks from Reading A-Z will be added to the learning center.
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Sense of Taste

Students will be able to describe apples using all five of their major sense.  Students will be participating in classroom discussion.
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Supplementary Lesson

Students will be able to  recognize and use key vocabulary through understanding of text read aloud and discussion.  This lesson includes introduction to students' science journals.
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Sense of Hearing

Students will be able to use true listening skills in a calming listening activity and then briefly discuss and write about what they heard.  Pocketbooks from Reading A-Z will be added to the learning center.
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Sense of Touch

Students will be able to work collaboratively in groups to make slime, discuss their observations, and describe the slime. 
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See Some Examples

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For a 4th Grade Unit Plan Example visit the link below

Western Region Unit

For an Example of a Multimodal Learning Resource visit the link below:

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