Objective:

• Students will use each of the five senses to find out what is inside our microwave.
• Students will discover the connection between the five senses and the body parts used for each.
• Students will listen to the book My Five Senses by: Aliki

Materials:

• Book:  My Five Senses by: Aliki
• Microwave
• Bag of microwave able popcorn
• Napkins
• Visit this web site for an Aliki lesson.

Activities:

1. Place popcorn bag in microwave when students are not in the room and cover window.
2. When students are in the room, turn on the microwave.
3. Ask students how they could find out what is in the microwave: What does it sound like or smell like?
4. Have students guess.
5. Remove bag of popcorn from the microwave and give each child some popcorn.
6. Have students see, smell, hear, touch and finally taste the popcorn.  Ask students to describe each.
7. Introduce the five senses using the story My Five Senses.
8. Introduce the five vocabulary words used during the unit:  sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste, eye, ear, nose, mouth and hand.
9. Tell students we will be learning about one of the five senses everyday throughout this unit.

Evaluation

• Have each child name one of the senses they used for this activity.
• Give each child the name of a sense and have him/her state the body part used.

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