The Five SensesPowerPoint Unit Plan

Carly Cooper

Analyze the Learner

O First Grade Class

O Age level: 6-7 years old (24 students

total)

O Academic level of first graders

O Gender: 14 female and 10 male

O No specific exceptionalities

Main Objective

O My first grade class will learn the five

senses through

sight, touch, noise, smell, and taste within

one week with 100 percent accuracy. In

addition, worksheets, art

projects, music, videos, objects, games, a

nd food will be used to assure that all

learning styles will be included.

BreakdownO Monday: Hearing

O Discussion on the ear, games including musical chairs, examples of instruments and their sounds, and worksheets

O Tuesday: TasteO Discussion of taste buds, sour and sweet

activities, bitter and salty activities, and worksheets

O Wednesday: TouchO Discussion of “touch,” exercises of soft versus

hard, textures, games, silly putty, hot and cold, and use of objects

Breakdown

O Thursday: Sight

O Discussion of the eye, color versus black and

white, art projects, texture, video, coloring

worksheets, and color recognition exercise

O Friday: Smell

O Discussion of the nose, good versus bad

smells, exercises with unlit candles (scent

only), worksheets, and “favorites” discussion

Use of Technology

O Electronics: Television, DVD player, CD

player, CDs, DVDs, computer, and

projector

O Other:

Worksheets, Crayons, Papers, Markers, C

andles, Foods, Chairs, Guitar, Trumpet, Dr

um, Tambourine, Candies, Sandpaper, Co

tton balls, Rocks, Silly putty, and Color

cards

Work CitedO http://edhelper.com/five_senses.htm

O http://www.jumpstart.com/parents/worksheets/the-5-senses-

worksheets

O http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season10/senses/facts.cfm

O http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/body_senses.htm

O http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/sites/default/files/files/pdf/kid

zone/booklists/Five%20Senses%20July%202012.pdf