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
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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
Available via

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
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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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