Resources/materials required for this unit of work:
General resources:
 Interactive whiteboard
 Markers
 SMART notebook software, or equivalent
 Students writing pencils (class set)
 Students writing books (class set)
Students art books (class set)
Or white A4 paper (one sheet per person)
Students science books
Students (mini) whiteboards (class set; ~30)
Markers/erasers
Smell resources:
Diffuser
 Scented oils
Enclosed box, eg. shoe box
Smell stimuli
 Flower
 Incense stick
 Scented candle
 Moth ball
 Garlic clove
Class set of blindfolds, or equivalent (eg. sheets of scrap fabric)
Good smell/bad smell worksheet
 Available via
Spray bottle
Scented flowers
Box of matches
Hand held mirror
Taste resources:
 Blind tasting worksheet
 Available via
Takeaway containers/recyclable lunchboxes (one between two; ~15)
Blind tasting items (one per student ~30 pieces each)
 Potato segment
 Slice of strawberry
 Slice of watermelon
 Lemon wedge
 Olive (pitted)
 Jellybean
 Spoonful of vegemite
 Plastic spoon
Healthy lunchbox worksheet
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Touch resources:
 Blind feeling items (eg. various textured fabrics, sandpaper, slime, cotton wool etc.)
 PVA glue (enough to share, one per table)
 Scissors (class set; ~30 paris)
 Textured sensory materials (eg. sand, leaves, cling wrap, aluminium foil, cellophane, pipe
cleaners etc.)
Sight resources:
 Magnifying glasses (one between two; ~15)
 Microscopes (one between two; ~15)
 Fine point, black felt tip pens (class set; ~30)
 Coloured pencils or crayons (class set)
 Lead (drawing) pencils (eg. 2B) (class set; ~30)
 Everyday classroom objects, to observe (eg. scissors, eraser, die)
 Everyday natural materials, to observe (eg. leaves, sticks, rocks, pine cones)
Hearing resources:
 Pre-recorded sounds (stimuli) (eg. opening a can of soft drink, pressing buttons, phone ringing,
knocking on door)
 Available via clip art, youtube etc.
 Technology device to play sounds, eg. computer/tablet/phone with speakers
 Musical instruments, or everyday object with sound quality (stimuli) (eg. tambourine, triangle,
clapping sticks etc. / clicky pen, metal spoons, bouncy ball, scissors etc.)
 Sheet of fabric/bed cloth
Summative resources:
 Five senses pairing worksheet
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Five senses matching worksheet
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Additional resources available for teachers:
 Class posters/student palm cards, listing sense-related metalanguage
 Available via
Preview:
Alternative worksheets/written activities
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Preview:
Five senses picture books
o You Cant Taste A Pickle With Your Ear, by Harriet Ziefert
o You Cant Smell A Flower With Your Ear!, by Joanna Cole
o My Five Senses, by Aliki
o Look, Listen, Taste, Touch and Smell: Learning About Your Five Senses, by Pamela
Hill Nettleton
o The 5 Senses, by Nuria Roca
Five senses songs
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