Exploring Our Senses

This week in Science, we started talking about our 5 Senses. We began by asking the students if they knew what our 5 senses are and how we use them. We had a variety of exciting responses and some fun stories to share about how we use the different senses in our daily lives. In order to meet the Next Generation Standard, students must be able to recognize the 5 senses and the related body parts.
We thought we would begin with one of our favorite senses - Taste! The students participated in an activity which allowed them to taste a few different foods (corn chips, orange peel, sour cherry drop and a gummy bear) and determine how they tasted. We discussed some common adjectives to describe food; sweet, salty, sour and bitter. In our Science journals, the students had to first make a prediction about how the food would taste. They used the adjectives that we talked about in our mini lesson, which were written on the board. After tasting the food sample, the students had to check their prediction and decide if they were right. They were asked to give themselves a happy face if they were correct or a sad face if their prediction was wrong. It was a fun and engaging way for the students to explore the sense of taste!