Sense of Touch

 

Objectives:

Materials:

Activity:

  1. Read Here Are My Hands and discuss.
  2. Introduce the sense of Touch and types of textures (rough, smooth, soft, hard).
  3. Pass around a feely bag with various objects and students use their sense of touch to determine what is in side.
  4. Pass out construction paper and label each square with a texture.
  5. Pass around the cotton and determine what texture it is.
  6. Do the same with other objects.

Evaluation:

Extension:

H
ave students write a funny name poem describing how something feels and post on the school web site. Funny poems can be posted on the school web site or at Just Write. Teachers can get great background information at  Biology Pages.   

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