Tema: Five Senses / Relationship between human beings and their environment. Objetivos: To identify the five senses and their main organs. To describe the main characteristics of each sense and compare them. To identify the main function of each organ. To explain the importance of how senses provide information about the environment.

1. Subject: Science
Teacher: Montserrath Pazmiño
Title of the Unit: Five Senses / Relationship between human beings and their environment.
Course / Level: 4th grade
Learning outcomes:
To identify the five senses and their main organs.
To describe the main characteristics of each sense and compare them.
To identify the main function of each organ.
To explain the importance of how senses provide information about the environment.
Subject Content:
Five senses and their main organs.
Language Content / Communication
Vocabulary:
Common Vocabulary:
Nouns:
Class material (such as book, colors, eraser, modeling clay, paper, pencil, pencil case,
notebook).
Parts of the body (such as mouth, eyes, ears, fingers, hand, nose, head, face, tongue).
Animals (such as bear, bird, cow, cat, dog, lion, pig, owl,...).

2. Supplies (such as cotton, bottle, box, jar, scissors, sand paper, juice, candy, illustrations,
pictures, sound, ice, rock, sand, lemon, sugar pepper, orange).
Performers (such as student, teacher, partner, group).
Adjectives:
Positive (such as beautiful, ugly, good, bad, little, many, delicious, cold, hot, temperature).
Verbs:
To be
Action verbs (such as see, touch, smell, hear, eat, taste, feel, quiet, loud, like, want)
Technical Vocabulary:
Nouns:
Eyebrow, eyelashes, iris retina, eardrum, ear canal, taste buds, nostrils, skin, scent, texture,
noise, Braille, sight, vision, flavor, brain, chamomile, cinnamon, odor.
Adjectives:
Sweet, sour, soft, bitter, salty, texture, soft, rough, loud.
Verbs:
Taste, hear, prepare, prefer, recognize, identify, describe, share, compare,
pick.
Let's feel ...
What do you think?...
Let's guess the sound..
What is it?
I like... I don't like...
Structures:
Simple words. (eye, skin, brain...)
Parts of speech: Pronouns (I, you...), nouns (human), verbs (smell), adjective (good)
prepositions (under).
Phrases (good flavor), Clauses(After you smell it) and Sentences (We use our eyes to
see.)
Present tense (We use our nose to smell.) and future tense sentences. (We will listen
different sounds.)
Common expressions. (How is it going?)
Questions.
What do you see in this picture?
What kinds of things did you touch?
What animal sound is this?
What sense are you using to identify that flavor?

3. What kinds of things did you smell?
How do your senses help you find out more about the environment?
Discourse type:
Informative text, Descriptions using a wide variety of adjectives based on the five senses.
Expositions by comparing and contrasting elements and ideas.
Language skills:
Speaking, listening, writing and reading.
Contextual (Cultural Element)
Senses make it possible for people to interact with others, get around in their daily lives and be
aware of the features they like and dislike.
Cognitive (Thinking process)
Knowledge: To identify the five senses, relate them with their organ and the sensations that are
perceived.
Comprehension: To compare the main organs used in each of the five senses and how they
provide vital information about the environment.
Application: To model the main organs of each of the five senses, and label its parts.
Analysis: To explore and analyze objects and materials using the senses of sight, hearing,
smell, touch and taste as appropriate, and record observations and measurements.
Evaluation: Model the organs of the five senses.
Create a "Five Senses book" according to their experiences and explain it.
Task
Model the organs of the five senses.
Create a "five senses book" with recordings of the students observations and measurements.
Oral presentation of the "five senses book."
Identify and compare the characteristics of each of the five senses.
Describe the appearance, flavor, texture, smell and sound of different objects and food.
Recognize the information provided by the senses.
Complete charts about the main organs of each of the five senses.
Activities
A. Development of Lesson Introduction
Conversation about how senses help us perceive the world that surrounds us and
brainstorm of the ideas.
Listen and sing along "five senses song" by Dr Jean Feldman video by Mr. Harry mp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWPJoI5lMOY&feature=related
Vocabulary
http://en.educaplay.com/en/learningresources/692901/senses_vocabulary.htm
Watch a video about the five senses and their main organs.
http://www.makemegenius.com/video_play.php?page=1&&id=164&type=0
http://www.makemegenius.com/video_play.php?id=165&type=0
B. Experimentation

4. Optical illusions http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/index.html
Identification of objects placed in mystery boxes (smell, touch and taste).
Sound identification (hearing).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBxwFA7b6Bk
Five senses sorting game
http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/media/images/free_resources/teachers_corner/printa
bles/5SensesSortingGame.pdf
Listen and repeat, listen and fill in the
gaps.http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/descargasrecursos/aicle/html/pdf/026.p
df
C. Identification of the main organs of the five senses.
Flash cards http://quizlet.com/24493275/the-5-senses-flash-cards/
Video http://zunal.com/process.php?w=159345
Drawing pictures of each organ.
Ask your partner activities. Pg 7, 11, 13
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/descargasrecursos/aicle/html/pdf/026.pdf
Experiments http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/experiments/experiment_eyes.html
http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/experiments/experiment_eardrum.html
http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/experiments/experiment_tasting.html
http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/experiments/experiment_onetwo.html
Taking care of our senses organs, read and follow
advice.http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/descargasrecursos/aicle/html/pdf/026.
pdf
D. Closure activities
Modeling the sense organs
Gather all the information to make de five senses book.
Create the five senses book.
Methodology
Organization and class distribution / timing
Sixty-minute sessions.
Individual work, pair work and group work.
Resources / Materials
Board, worksheets, markers, mystery boxes, classroom objects,
lemon juice, apple juice, grapefruit juice, food coloring, salty water, sandpaper, cotton, rubber
ball, pencils, blindfolds, bowls, plastic wrap, rice, spoons, water, computer, class projector.
Key Competences
Communication in a foreign language.
Group work competence.
Learning to learn.
Guided discovery.
Evaluation (criteria and instruments)
The student will identify the five senses and their function.
The student will identify the main organs of the five senses.

5. The student will model the main organs of the five senses.
The student will identify the main elements of each of the main organs of the five senses.
The student will create a "five senses book".
Instruments
Worksheets, class participation, portfolio, class performance, tests.