Liberty Science Center Elementary Grades:

 

 

One of Our Five Senses - Touch

 

 Grade level:      Elementary

- Learning Standard: 

- Time Requirements: Preparation Time: 2 hours, Class Time:2 hours

- Topics Covered by this lesson:  Senses - touch, skin

- Pre-Visit:

                Purpose:     Preparation of students for their visit.

 

                Objective:  Introduce the students to one of our senses - touch.

 

Materials Required:  The Challenge Booklet, oobleck, Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss, bags, various objects - cotton, sandpaper, marbles

Students Learning Prerequisites: Prior to our trip the students will read various books on skin and touch. Each student will able to identify the dermis, epidermis, and receptors. In one class discussion the students will have developed a list of "feel" words (hard, soft, smooth).  Each student will then receive a mystery bag containing various objects. Without looking each student must feel each object and try to identify it, then record their

observations and predictions. Together a chart will be created.

Example:

       

            Wet       Dry      Hot        Cold        Hard       Soft       Rough        Smooth

             

Ice        x                                       x              x                                            x

             

Flour                x                                                          x

 

In the classroom the students will have read the Oobleck and made their own oobleck. As part of this activity the students will have to predict how the oobleck will feel prior to completion and then compare their predictions to

when they touch and squeeze the oobleck.  Finally, the challenge will be discussed and what will be required at the

science center.

-     Visit:  At the center each group will go to their assigned three exhibits and complete the corresponding questions in their Challenge booklet. In addition, each group will have the opportunity to go to the Touch Tunnel,

Touch Tank, and explore the rest of the center.

- Post Visit:

                Extension: Everyone will share what he or she experienced at LSC and their booklets.  Then, each student will create a touch trail or their own mystery bag for homework. 

- Possible Questions

Why is the sense of touch important?

What are the layers the make up our skin?

How is the skin important for touch?

 

 


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