Partnerships Implementing Engineering Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester Public Schools Supported by: National Science Foundation

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1 Partnerships Implementing Engineering Education Senses: 1.F.V Smell Grade Level 1 Sessions Seasonality Instructional Mode(s) Team Size MA Frameworks WPS Benchmarks Key Words Session I: How we smell 10 minutes Session II: Match the smell 25 minutes Session III: Mystery smell 15 minutes N/A Whole class 4-5 per station Skills of Inquiry 1. Ask questions about objects, organisms, and events in the environment. 2. Tell about why and what would happen if? 3. Make predictions based on observed patterns. 5. Record observations and data with pictures, numbers, or written statements. 6. Discuss observations with others. Life Science 6. Recognize that people and other animals interact with the environment through their senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. 01.SC.IS SC.IS SC.IS SC.IS SC.IS SC.LS SC.LS.05 Senses, smell, nose Summary The students will talk about the five senses. This lesson is part of a series of lessons that describes each sense. Using the sense of smell students will try to identify objects placed in brown lunch bags. Learning Objectives Massachusetts Frameworks for Grades Pre K-2 Skills of Inquiry 1. Ask questions about objects, organisms, and events in the environment. 2. Tell about why and what would happen if? 3. Make predictions based on observed patterns. 5. Record observations and data with pictures, numbers, or written statements. 6. Discuss observations with others. Life Science - 1 -

2 Partnerships Implementing Engineering Education 6. Recognize that people and other animals interact with the environment through their senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste Worcester Public Schools (WPS) Benchmarks for Grade 1 01.SC.IS.01 Ask questions about objects, organisms, and events in the environment. 01.SC.IS.02 Tell about why and what would happen if? 01.SC.IS.06 Discuss observations with others 01.SC.LS.03 Recognize that people and other animals interact with the environment through their senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. 01.SC.LS.05 Talk about how people use their senses every day. Additional Learning Objectives 1. None Required Background Knowledge 1. Senses - Introduction to senses 1.F.I Essential Questions 1. What are the five senses? 2. What are the body parts responsible for the five senses? 3. Do you know anyone that does not have one of the five senses? Introduction / Motivation Ask the students about the five senses. Ask the students to identify different smells. Procedure Session I: How we smell 10 minutes Instructor preparation: 1. Photocopy appropriate number of How we smell worksheet so each student has a copy. The instructor will: 1. Ask the students how they smell and what part of the body is used to smell

3 Partnerships Implementing Engineering Education 2. Have the students complete the how we smell worksheet. Discuss how the scent goes into the nose to the brain and then we smell. Session II: Match the smell 25 minutes Instructor preparation: 1. Photocopy appropriate number of the Match the smell worksheets so each student has a copy. 2. Prepare 5 brown paper bags with the following material in each bag: a. BAG A = Orange peel b. BAG B = Tissue sprayed with perfume c. BAG C = Powdered sugar d. BAG D = Glue e. BAG E = Grass clippings 3. Set up 5 stations where the bags will be located. The instructor will: 1. Pass out Match the smell worksheet to the students. 2. Divide the students into groups so that each group is at a station. Only allow the students to use their sense of smell to determine what is in each bag. 3. Allow the students to complete their worksheets by moving to each station. Session III: Mystery smell 15 minutes Instructor preparation: 1. Photocopy appropriate number of the Mystery smell worksheets so each student has a copy. 2. Prepare 3 brown paper bags with a mystery item in each bag for the students to identify. Suggestions: a. Half eaten apple b. Soap c. A pudding cup - 3 -

4 Partnerships Implementing Engineering Education 3. Set up 3 stations with one of the bags at each station. The instructor will: 1. Pass out Mystery smell worksheet to the students. 2. Divide the students into groups so that each group is at a station. Only allow the students to use their sense of smell to determine what is in each bag. 3. Allow the students to complete their worksheets by moving to each station. Materials List Materials per class Amount Location Brown paper lunch bags 8/class Grocery store Orange peel 1/class Grocery store Tissues 2/class Grocery store Perfume 1/class Walmart Powdered sugar 1 bag/class Grocery store Glue 1 bottle/class Walmart Grass clippings handful Outside Apple 1/class Grocery store Soap 1/class Grocery store Pudding cup 1/class Grocery store Materials per student Amount Location How we smell worksheet 1/student Attachment section Match the smell 1/student Attachment section Mystery smell 1/student Attachment section Vocabulary with Definitions 1. Smell - To obtain a scent. 2. Nose - The organ used to smell. Assessment / Evaluation of Students The instructor may assess the students in any/all of the following manners: 1. See if the students could accurately identify the smells. Lesson Extensions None Attachments 1. How we smell worksheet. 2. Match the smell worksheet. 3. Mystery smell worksheet

5 Troubleshooting Tips None Partnerships Implementing Engineering Education Safety Issues Students should be supervised at all times. Additional Resources None References for Pictures Nose Skunk Brain Orange peel Perfume ttles2.jpg Glue Grass Powdered Sugar Key Words Senses, smell - 5 -

6 THAT SKUNK STINKS! PU!

7 Match the smell Name: BAG A GLUE BAG B GRASS ORANGE PEEL BAG C BAG D PERFUME BAG E POWDERED SUGAR

8 Name: Can you figure out what is in each bag? BAG A - My guess is: because. BAG B - My guess is: because. BAG C - My guess is: because.