UC Berkeley
Found 12 resources for the concept:
We learn about the natural world using our senses and extensions of our senses. (P3, P4, P6)
Can You Match Them?
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 20 minutes
Overview
Students find matching sounds by shaking containers and listening to sounds generated.
Can You Tell by Touch?
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- UC Museum of Paleontology
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 30 minutes
Overview
Students feel inside a bag and use only their sense of touch to describe and identify one of the objects inside the bag.
Differences
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: Two class periods
Overview
Students observe and compare a variety of living things and pictures of living things to observe their similarities and differences.
Diversity
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 30 minutes each for three sessions
Overview
Students learn that there are many forms of living things by going for a walk and by observing living things in the classroom.
In the Dark
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 30 minutes
Oh Say, What Can You See?
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 30 minutes
Overview
Students walk outdoors to use their sense of sight and record and compare their observations.
Sniff and Guess
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 40 minutes
Overview
Students use their sense of smell to identify the contents of Mystery Odor Cans.
Sounds Around
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 30 minutes
Overview
Students use their sense of hearing outdoors to discover things in their world.
Taster’s Choice
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 40 minutes
Textures Are Everywhere
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
- 3-5
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 30 Minutes
Overview
Students use their sense of touch outdoors and record and compare their observations.
What Food Is It?
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 40 minutes
Overview
Students close their eyes and taste foods without using their sense of sight.
What in the World Do You Smell?
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 30 minutes
Overview
Students walk outside to use their sense of smell to discover odors in their world.