Science

Five Senses

For the past week we have been learning about the five senses. Ask your little one what our five senses are.

Enjoy the pictures of our classes exploring their senses.

Having a taste party!!

Our five senses bears: They smell like coffee. They are brown, have two eyes, one nose, one mouth, and two ears. The nose feels soft.

Using our sense of smell. We smelled spicy mustard, sweet bananas, perfumed lotion, sour pickles, sweet coffee, and stinky cheese.

Using our sense of touch to guess what is inside the bag. Students had to explain to their partner if the object felt soft (cotton balls), hard (pencil), or squishy (hand sanitizer).

Another table using their sense of smell. After students smelled their objects they had to describe their favorite smell and their least favorite smell to their partner. 

Two friends painting their sight word bear.

Scientists describing their mystery objects.

What is a scientist? What tools does a scientist use?

This nine weeks we are learning that a scientist observes, sorts, measures, describes, and records data. We have become scientist by putting on our safety goggles and writing in our science journals every day. We also learned that a scientist uses hand lens to get a closer look at objects. Enjoy the pictures of our classes using hand lens!

Getting a closer look 

Does a Coconut Sink or Float Experiment

Many students guessed that the coconut would sink. After putting the coconut in the tub of water, we realized that the coconut actually floats. We had so much fun with our first experiment and becoming scientists for the day. 

Putting the coconut in the water

Will it sink or float?

Our bulletin board outside our classroom. Come check out our amazing work. 

How you can help with the science skill for this nine weeks:
*Identify the body part that is associated with the 5 senses: You can help your child learn their five senses by popping a bag of popcorn and asking them what it sounds like, what it taste like, what it feels like, what it smells like, and looks like, say a sense and ask your child what body part is associated with the sense, or go on a nature walk outside and practice using your five senses.