Year 1 Science My Body and My Senses: check-up and quiz

Key words. Knees means the bendy joints in the middle of your legs.

Method. Find the knees on the body picture. Each part has its own letter.

1. Find the knees. The knees is the bendy joints in the middle of your legs.
   Look for the knees on the picture
2. Read the letter next to it. Each part has one letter. Check you have the letter on this part.
   knees: letter J
3. Write the answer.
   J

Check. Point to the knees with your finger. The letter by it is J. ✓

Watch out. Check that the letter is on the knees, not on a part next to it.

Key words. A sense is a way of finding out about things. Smell uses the nose.

Method. Think about what the sense helps you do. Then find the body part that does it.

1. Think about the sense. We use our smell to find out about things.
   smell
2. Find the body part. We use the nose to smell.
   nose
3. Write the answer.
   nose

Check. Say it as a sentence: We use the nose to smell. ✓

Watch out. Each sense has its own body part. Do not use the ears for smelling.

Method. Count the fingers on each hand, then add them.

1. Count one hand. Each hand has five fingers.
   5
2. Count the other hand. The other hand also has five fingers.
   5
3. Add them together. Five and five make ten.
   5 + 5 = 10
4. Write the answer.
   10

Check. Count from 1 to 10. ✓

Watch out. Count both hands, not just one.

Key words. To count is to say one number for each thing, in order: 1, 2, 3, and so on.

Method. Count each one once. The last number you say is how many there are.

1. Count each one and say its number. Point to each one once, so you do not miss any.
   1, 2, 3, 4, 5
2. Look at the last number. The last number tells you how many there are altogether.
   The last number is 5.
3. Write the answer.
   There are 5 toes on one foot.

Check. Count again from the other end. You get 5 again. ✓

Watch out. Point to each one only once. If you move it, you can keep your place.

Key words. A sense is a way of finding out about things. Hear uses the ears.

Method. Think about what the sense helps you do. Then find the body part that does it.

1. Think about the sense. We use our hear to find out about things.
   hear
2. Find the body part. We use the ears to hear.
   ears
3. Write the answer.
   ears

Check. Say it as a sentence: We use the ears to hear. ✓

Watch out. Each sense has its own body part. Do not use the ears for smelling.

Key words. A sense is a way of finding out about things, using a part of your body.

Method. Look at the body part. Think about what it helps you do.

1. Look at the body part. The tongue are part of your body.
   tongue
2. Think about what it helps you do. We use the tongue to taste.
   tongue = taste
3. Write the sense.
   taste

Check. Say it as a sentence: We use the tongue to taste. ✓

Watch out. Use the word that says what the body part does, such as see, hear or smell.

Method. Think about what helps you chew.

1. Think about your mouth. Inside the mouth there are hard parts that bite and chew food.
   inside mouth
2. Find the name of the parts. These hard white parts are the teeth.
   teeth
3. Write the answer.
   teeth

Check. Run your tongue along your teeth. Feel how they are in a row. ✓

Watch out. Teeth are inside the mouth. Lips are not teeth.

Method. Think about where hair grows.

1. Think about hair. Hair grows on the top of your head.
   top of head
2. Find the body part. The part that hair grows on is the head.
   head
3. Write the answer.
   head

Check. Touch your hair. It is on your head. ✓

Watch out. Hair grows on the head, not on the face.

Method. Draw one hand, then label the fingers.

1. Draw the hand. Start with a palm and draw the fingers.
   palm and fingers
2. Count the fingers. There are five, including the thumb.
   1, 2, 3, 4, 5
3. Label the fingers. A label tells the reader what each part is.
   Fingers: five, including the thumb

Check. Count the fingers in your drawing. There should be five. ✓

Watch out. Include the thumb in your five fingers.

Method. Think about which body parts help us find out about things.

1. Look at the four words. Ears hear, the nose smells and eyes see.
   ears, nose, eyes
2. Check the other word. Toes help us stand and walk, but they are not a sense.
   toes help us walk
3. Write the answer.
   toes

Check. Ears, nose and eyes are on the list of senses. Toes are not. ✓

Watch out. Think about what each part is used for.

Key words. To count is to say one number for each thing, in order: 1, 2, 3, and so on.

Method. Count each one once. The last number you say is how many there are.

1. Count each one and say its number. Point to each one once, so you do not miss any.
   1, 2
2. Look at the last number. The last number tells you how many there are altogether.
   The last number is 2.
3. Write the answer.
   There are 2 eyes.

Check. Count again from the other end. You get 2 again. ✓

Watch out. Point to each one only once. If you move it, you can keep your place.

Key words. A sense is a way of finding out about things, using a part of your body.

Method. Look at the body part. Think about what it helps you do.

1. Look at the body part. The skin are part of your body.
   skin
2. Think about what it helps you do. We use the skin to touch.
   skin = touch
3. Write the sense.
   touch

Check. Say it as a sentence: We use the skin to touch. ✓

Watch out. Use the word that says what the body part does, such as see, hear or smell.

Key words. Elbows means the bendy joints in the middle of your arms.

Method. Find the elbows on the body picture. Each part has its own letter.

1. Find the elbows. The elbows is the bendy joints in the middle of your arms.
   Look for the elbows on the picture
2. Read the letter next to it. Each part has one letter. Check you have the letter on this part.
   elbows: letter F
3. Write the answer.
   F

Check. Point to the elbows with your finger. The letter by it is F. ✓

Watch out. Check that the letter is on the elbows, not on a part next to it.

Method. Think about the bottom of your leg.

1. Look at the leg. The leg goes down to the bottom.
   bottom of leg
2. Find the part at the end. The part at the bottom of each leg is the foot.
   feet
3. Write the answer.
   feet

Check. Stand up. Your feet are at the bottom of your legs. ✓

Watch out. The toes are on the feet, not at the bottom of the leg.

Key words. A sense is a way of finding out about things. See uses the eyes.

Method. Think about what the sense helps you do. Then find the body part that does it.

1. Think about the sense. We use our see to find out about things.
   see
2. Find the body part. We use the eyes to see.
   eyes
3. Write the answer.
   eyes

Check. Say it as a sentence: We use the eyes to see. ✓

Watch out. Each sense has its own body part. Do not use the ears for smelling.

Key words. A sense is a way of finding out about things. Smell uses the nose.

Method. Think about what the sense helps you do. Then find the body part that does it.

1. Think about the sense. We use our smell to find out about things.
   smell
2. Find the body part. We use the nose to smell.
   nose
3. Write the answer.
   nose

Check. Say it as a sentence: We use the nose to smell. ✓

Watch out. Each sense has its own body part. Do not use the ears for smelling.

Method. Think about the front of your head.

1. Look at your face in a mirror. Find the parts on the front of your head.
   eyes, ears, nose, mouth
2. Choose two parts. You only need to write two of them.
   for example eyes and nose
3. Write the answer.
   eyes and nose

Check. Point to each part on your face. ✓

Watch out. Teeth and hair are not on the front of the face.

Method. Think about what a sense does.

1. Think about one sense. Eyes help us see things, like a bright sun.
   see the sun
2. Think about what a sense tells us. It tells us what things look, sound, smell, taste or feel like.
   what things are like
3. Write the answer.
   A sense tells us about things around us.

Check. Say your answer aloud. Does it tell someone how we find out? ✓

Watch out. Use the words look, sound, smell, taste or feel in your answer.

Method. Count the hands on a person.

1. Look at your body. Count the hands you have.
   one, two
2. Compare with what Sam said. Sam said three. We count two.
   Sam: 3. Count: 2.
3. Write the answer.
   No. A person has two hands.

Check. Hold up your hands and count them: 1, 2. ✓

Watch out. Count the hands you can see on your own body.

Key words. Mouth means the opening below your nose, where food goes in.

Method. Find the mouth on the face picture. Each part has its own letter.

1. Find the mouth. The mouth is the opening below your nose, where food goes in.
   Look for the mouth on the picture
2. Read the letter next to it. Each part has one letter. Check you have the letter on this part.
   mouth: letter E
3. Write the answer.
   E

Check. Point to the mouth with your finger. The letter by it is E. ✓

Watch out. Check that the letter is on the mouth, not on a part next to it.