All About Senses!

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Consolidation Worksheet 1
How Do We Learn About the World
Around Us? / What Are Our Senses?
Match the body parts to their senses.

Body parts Senses

Taste

Hearing

Smell

Sight

Touch

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Consolidation Worksheet 2
Why Are Our Senses Important to Us?
We use our senses to observe and collect information. In this
way, we can find out about the world around us.

For each example below, fill in the blank with the sense used to
collect information.

Rita observes that her teacher is wearing

a different perfume today. She is using her
sense of .

Min observes that a lump of ice is cold. She is using her

sense of .

Tom observes that a torch has been turned on. He is using

his sense of .

Rita observes that there is someone knocking on the door.

She is using her sense of .

Ari observes that the milk he drinks is sour. He is

using his sense of .

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Consolidation Worksheet 3
How Can We Protect Our Senses?
Tick (ü) the boxes next to the statements
that are TRUE.

We can protect our eyes from too much sunlight

1.
by wearing sunglasses.
Very loud music can damage our sense of
2.
hearing.
We should sit close to the screen when we watch
3.
television.

4. We should not put sharp objects into our noses.

Spending many hours under the Sun is bad for

5.
our skin.

6. Brushing our teeth will damage our sense of taste.

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Fun and Making Sense

Games
a. There is a saying, ‘See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’. It is
often shown as three monkeys.

1 2 3

Which monkey cannot hear?

Monkey

Which monkey cannot see?

Monkey

Which monkey cannot speak?

Monkey

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 b. Fill in the names of the sense organs in the boxes below.
Some letters have been put in for you.

What sense organ is spelt out in the shaded boxes? Draw a

picture of this sense organ below.

Sense organ:

What is this sense organ used for?

It is used for .

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Consolidation Worksheet 1 Consolidation Worksheet 2

How Do We Learn About the World Why Are Our Senses Important to Us?
Around Us? / What Are Our Senses? We use our senses to observe and collect information. In this
Match the body parts to their senses. way, we can find out about the world around us.

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Body parts Senses For each example below, fill in the blank with the sense used to
collect information.

Taste
Rita observes that her teacher is wearing
a different perfume today. She is using her
sense of smell .

Hearing Min observes that a lump of ice is cold. She is using her
sense of touch .

Tom observes that a torch has been turned on. He is using

Smell his sense of sight .

Rita observes that there is someone knocking on the door.

She is using her sense of hearing .
Sight

Ari observes that the milk he drinks is sour. He is

using his sense of taste .
Touch

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Consolidation Worksheet Fun and Making Sense

3 Games
How Can We Protect Our Senses? a. There is a saying, ‘See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’. It is
often shown as three monkeys.
Tick (ü) the boxes next to the statements
that are TRUE.

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We can protect our eyes from too much sunlight
1. ✓
by wearing sunglasses.
Very loud music can damage our sense of
2. ✓
hearing.
1 2 3
We should sit close to the screen when we watch
3.
television. Which monkey cannot hear?

4. We should not put sharp objects into our noses. ✓ Monkey 2

Spending many hours under the Sun is bad for Which monkey cannot see?
5. ✓
our skin.
Monkey 1
6. Brushing our teeth will damage our sense of taste.
Which monkey cannot speak?

Monkey 3

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b. Fill in the names of the sense organs in the boxes below.

Some letters have been put in for you.

S K I N

T O N G U E

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E Y E S

E A R S

What sense organ is spelt out in the shaded boxes? Draw a

picture of this sense organ below.

Sense organ: N O S E

What is this sense organ used for?

It is used for smelling .

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Hear To be able to receive information using the ears

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Odour Smell

See To be able to receive information using the eyes

Sense Something which helps to collect information from the world around us;
sight, hearing, smell, taste or touch

Sense organ Part of our body that allows us to use our senses to collect information
from our surroundings

Smell To be able to receive information using the nose

Taste To be able to receive information using the tongue

Tastebud Part of the tongue that helps tell the difference between sweetness,
saltiness, bitterness and sourness

Touch To be able to receive information using the skin

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