More about taste and touch
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use my sense of taste and touch to identify things.
Key learning points
- There are five basic senses in humans: sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste.
- Humans can use their senses to explore the world around them.
- Humans use their tongue to identify taste.
- Humans use their skin to identify touch.
- We often use our other senses when touching and tasting.
Keywords
Senses - Humans and animals use their senses to detect what is happening around them.
Touch - Touch is the ability to feel things. We use our skin to touch.
Taste - Taste is the ability to taste things. We use our tongue to taste.
Tongue - The tongue is the body part with which we taste. A human's tongue is in its mouth.
Skin - The skin is the body part with which we feel. Skin covers the bodies of animals.
Common misconception
A lot of people think we only touch with our hands rather than our skin. Also, that we only ever use one sense at a time.
Examples including touching with other parts of the body such as feet, or touching an arm against a cold metal table leg and feeling the difference in temperature.
Teacher tip
Create a "sensory station" in the classroom where the children can engage in sensory activities. Add feely bags or boxes containing items such as shells, pebbles, pine cones, leaves, feathers, bark, cotton balls, pipe cleaners, fabrics and other objects with interesting textures.
Equipment
Different foods to taste and different materials/objects/surfaces to touch.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? Humans have three senses.
Q2.Which of these is a sense?
Q3.What does a human's nose help them to do?
Q4.Which body part helps a human to sense sounds?
Q5.Which sense does a human use to see smoke from a fire?
Q6.When we compare things, we look at what is the same and what is __________.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which body part do humans use to taste food?
Q2.Which body part do humans use for the sense of touch?
Q3.Which of these is a human sense?
Q4.Andeep wears an eye mask and puts his hand into a feely box. Which sense is he using?
Q5.True or false? Humans can only use one sense at a time.
Q6.Why do humans have senses?
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