New
New
Year 1

More about sight, smell and sound

I can use my sense of sight, smell and sound to identify things.

New
New
Year 1

More about sight, smell and sound

I can use my sense of sight, smell and sound to identify things.

warning

These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. There are five basic senses in humans: sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste.
  2. Our eyes, nose and ears are used to identify sights, smells and sounds.
  3. Our sense of sight, smell and sound can help us to react to things and warn us of dangers.
  4. To help us to identify sights, smells and sounds, we can compare our ideas with other people.

Keywords

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

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

  • Smell - Smell is the ability to smell things. We use our nose to smell.

  • Sound - We hear sound with our ears.

  • Identify - To identify something is to be able to name it correctly.

Common misconception

Children may not know how humans use different senses to stay safe.

Examples of different scenarios where humans use different senses to check for danger and to stay safe.

There are lots of activities to encourage children to use their senses. Play "I spy" or go on a listening walk so the children can identify different sights and sounds.
Teacher tip

Equipment

Pots, different objects for smelling such as pine needles, mint, lemon, vinegar, rose petals, banana, lavender, cheese and rubber bands.

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Lesson video

Loading...

6 Questions

Q1.
Which body part do humans use for seeing?
Correct answer: eyes
nose
ears
Q2.
Which sense do humans use their ears for?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: hearing
touching
smelling
Q3.
Which body part do humans use for tasting?
nose
skin
Correct answer: tongue
Q4.
Which sense do humans use their nose for?
An image in a quiz
seeing
Correct answer: smelling
touching
Q5.
Which body part do humans use for touching?
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: skin
Q6.
Match each sense to the body part that it uses.
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer:seeing,eyes

eyes

Correct Answer:hearing,ears

ears

Correct Answer:tasting,tongue

tongue

Correct Answer:smelling,nose

nose

Correct Answer:touching,skin

skin

6 Questions

Q1.
How many senses do humans have?
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: five, 5
Q2.
Which of these is a sense?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: smell
ears
tongue
Q3.
What do humans use their sense of sight to do?
An image in a quiz
hear sounds
taste food
Correct answer: see things
Q4.
When we identify something, what do we do?
An image in a quiz
We count it.
Correct answer: We name it.
We test it.
Q5.
Which sense does a human use to listen to the siren of an ambulance?
An image in a quiz
sight
smell
Correct answer: hearing
Q6.
When we ask what is the same and what is different, which skill are we using?
An image in a quiz
testing
measuring
Correct answer: comparing
Q5 "Ambulance in the UK 04" by Dickelbers licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Additional material

Download additional material
We're sorry, but preview is not currently available. Download to see additional material.