The Five Senses
Explore the five senses in detail: sight uses eyes to detect light, hearing uses ears to detect sound, touch uses skin to feel pressure and temperature, taste uses the tongue to detect flavours, and smell uses the nose to detect odours
What a learner can do afterwards
- Name all five senses and match each to the correct body part
- Describe what each sense detects (e.g. eyes detect light, ears detect sound waves)
- Give an example of using each sense in everyday life (e.g. smelling food cooking, feeling hot water)
The lesson
You have five senses. They help you learn about the world. Your eyes see light. Your ears hear sound. Your skin feels touch. Your tongue tastes flavors. Your nose smells odors.
Ben walks into the kitchen. His nose smells warm bread baking. His ears hear the oven timer beep. He touches the pan. His skin feels that it is hot. He pulls his hand back fast.
Sight and hearing work from far away. Taste and touch need something close. Smell can work near or far.
Five senses, five body parts: eyes see, ears hear, skin feels, tongue tastes, and nose smells.
Watch it
Where it sits
This opens up
Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.