Year 1 Science: My five senses
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My five senses
We have five senses. A sense helps us find out about the things around us. Each sense uses a part of the body:
See with your eyes. Hear with your ears. Smell with your nose. Taste with your tongue. Touch with your skin, which covers your whole body.
Key ideas
- See: we use our eyes.
- Hear: we use our ears.
- Smell: we use our nose.
- Taste: we use our tongue.
- Touch: we use our skin.
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.
- Look at the body part. The eyes are part of your body.eyes
- Think about what it helps you do. We use the eyes to see.eyes = see
- Write the sense. see
Check. Say it as a sentence: We use the eyes to see. ✓
Watch out. Use the word that says what the body part does, such as see, hear or smell.
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.
- Think about the sense. We use our smell to find out about things.smell
- Find the body part. We use the nose to smell.nose
- 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 which sense lets you know a food tastes sweet.
- Think about tasting. We use our tongue to taste food.tongue
- Match the sense. The sense we use with the tongue is taste.tongue = taste
- Write the answer. taste
Check. Say it as a sentence: We use the tongue to taste. ✓
Watch out. Taste is done by the tongue, not by the nose. The nose smells.
Watch out
Watch out: smell is done with your nose, and taste is done with your tongue. Do not mix them up. You can smell a cake before you taste it.
Try it at home
With a grown-up, shake a box of dry pasta or tap a spoon on a pan. Close your eyes and guess what made the sound. Then open your eyes and check.
Exam tip
Grown-up tip. Let your child use the sound game to match the sense (ears) to the sound. Then ask: “Which sense did you use to guess?” Keep the words see, hear, smell, taste and touch in every sentence.
Exercise 6D The five senses
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.
- Look at the body part. The eyes are part of your body.eyes
- Think about what it helps you do. We use the eyes to see.eyes = see
- Write the sense. see
Check. Say it as a sentence: We use the eyes to see. ✓
Watch out. Use the word that says what the body part does, such as see, hear or smell.
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.
- Think about the sense. We use our hear to find out about things.hear
- Find the body part. We use the ears to hear.ears
- 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.
- Look at the body part. The nose are part of your body.nose
- Think about what it helps you do. We use the nose to smell.nose = smell
- Write the sense. smell
Check. Say it as a sentence: We use the nose to smell. ✓
Watch out. Use the word that says what the body part does, such as see, hear or smell.
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.
- Look at the body part. The tongue are part of your body.tongue
- Think about what it helps you do. We use the tongue to taste.tongue = taste
- 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.
Key words. A sense is a way of finding out about things. Touch uses the skin.
Method. Think about what the sense helps you do. Then find the body part that does it.
- Think about the sense. We use our touch to find out about things.touch
- Find the body part. We use the skin to touch.skin
- Write the answer. skin
Check. Say it as a sentence: We use the skin to touch. ✓
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.
- Look at the body part. The eyes are part of your body.eyes
- Think about what it helps you do. We use the eyes to see.eyes = see
- Write the sense. see
Check. Say it as a sentence: We use the eyes to see. ✓
Watch out. Use the word that says what the body part does, such as see, hear or smell.
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.
- Look at the body part. The ears are part of your body.ears
- Think about what it helps you do. We use the ears to hear.ears = hear
- Write the sense. hear
Check. Say it as a sentence: We use the ears to hear. ✓
Watch out. Use the word that says what the body part does, such as see, hear or smell.
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.
- Look at the body part. The nose are part of your body.nose
- Think about what it helps you do. We use the nose to smell.nose = smell
- Write the sense. smell
Check. Say it as a sentence: We use the nose to smell. ✓
Watch out. Use the word that says what the body part does, such as see, hear or smell.
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.
- Look at the body part. The tongue are part of your body.tongue
- Think about what it helps you do. We use the tongue to taste.tongue = taste
- 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.
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.
- Look at the body part. The skin are part of your body.skin
- Think about what it helps you do. We use the skin to touch.skin = touch
- 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. 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.
- Count each one and say its number. Point to each one once, so you do not miss any.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Look at the last number. The last number tells you how many there are altogether.The last number is 5.
- Write the answer. There are 5 senses.
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.
Method. Think about which sense we use when something is hot.
- Think about a hot drink. We feel the heat of a hot drink with our skin.skin feels heat
- Match the sense. Feeling with the skin is the sense of touch.skin = touch
- Write the answer. touch
Check. Say it as a sentence: We use our skin to touch and feel. ✓
Watch out. Never touch a hot drink. Ask a grown-up to check it is cool enough.
Method. Find the sense that uses the tongue.
- Look at the three words. Hearing uses the ears. Seeing uses the eyes. Tasting uses the tongue.hearing, seeing, tasting
- Pick the one with the tongue. Tasting is done with the tongue.tasting = tongue
- Write the answer. tasting
Check. Read your answer back with the tongue. ✓
Watch out. Choose the sense that uses the tongue, not the one that uses the eyes.
Method. Think about how Ruby is feeling the cat.
- Read the sentence. Ruby uses her hands to feel the cat.feel the cat
- Think about the sense. Feeling something soft is done by touch.soft = touch
- Write the answer. touch
Check. Stroke a soft cushion. You use touch to feel it. ✓
Watch out. Think about the body part she uses to feel: her hands, which have skin.
Method. Think about which body parts help us find out about things.
- Look at the four words. Eyes, ears and nose each help us with a sense.eyes, ears, nose
- Check the other word. Hair does not help us with any of the five senses.hair is not a sense
- Write the answer. Hair is the odd one out.hair
Check. Eyes see, ears hear, nose smells. Hair does not do any of these. ✓
Watch out. Hair is on the head, but it does not sense things.
Method. Count how many senses there are, then compare with what Tom said.
- Count the senses. We have see, hear, smell, taste and touch.see, hear, smell, taste, touch
- Count them again. Five senses in the list.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Write the answer. No. We have five senses, not six.
Check. Read the five senses aloud and touch your fingers as you say each one. ✓
Watch out. Count the senses, not the body parts.
Method. Think about what your ears do when your eyes are closed.
- Predict what happens. Closing your eyes stops you seeing, but your ears still work.eyes closed, ears work
- Plan a test. Close your eyes. A grown-up claps or taps a spoon. Say what you heard.clap or tap
- Check the result. If you heard the sound, your ears worked.heard the sound
Check. Try the test again with a different sound. Did you hear it? ✓
Watch out. Keep the test safe and gentle. Do not shout or use loud noises.