Humans and animals use their senses to detect what is happening around them.

Sight is the ability to see things. We use our eyes to see.

Touch is the ability to feel things. We use our skin to touch.

The tongue is the organ with which we taste. A human's tongue is in its mouth.

The skin is the organ with which we feel. Skin covers the bodies of animals.

Body parts for our senses

Science

Humans are animals

Body parts on the outside

Body parts on the inside

More about sight, smell and sound

More about taste and touch

In this Human body parts unit, pupils learn to draw and label basic parts of the human body. In the Human skeleton and muscles unit, they build on this knowledge to learn that humans have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement

Pupils will draw upon prior learning about the human body in EYFS and their own everyday experiences of using their senses. In this Human body parts unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to identify and name a greater range of basic body parts, including those associated with their senses

This unit focuses on identifying, naming, and labelling the basic parts of the human body, linking each part to its associated sense. It emphasises closely observing using simple equipment, classifying findings, gathering and recording data, and using observations to suggest answers to questions.

Human body parts

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Which sense do humans use their eyes for?

Which body part do humans use for hearing?

Which sense do humans use their tongue for?

Which body part do humans use for smelling?

Which sense do humans use their skin for?

Match the action to the sense. Which sense do humans use when they do each of these things?

True or false? The human body is one big body part.

Some body parts are on the outside of a human's body. Where are a human's other body parts?

Which of these is a body part that is inside a human?

Which of these body parts pumps blood around a human's body?

What science skills do we use when we draw and label different body parts?

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