More about taste and touch
I can use my sense of taste and touch to identify things.
More about taste and touch
I can use my sense of taste and touch to identify things.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- There are five basic senses in humans: sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste.
- Humans can use their senses to explore the world around them.
- Humans use their tongue to identify taste.
- Humans use their skin to identify touch.
- We often use our other senses when touching and tasting.
Common misconception
A lot of people think we only touch with our hands rather than our skin. Also, that we only ever use one sense at a time.
Examples including touching with other parts of the body such as feet, or touching an arm against a cold metal table leg and feeling the difference in temperature.
Keywords
Senses - Humans and animals use their senses to detect what is happening around them.
Touch - Touch is the ability to feel things. We use our skin to touch.
Taste - Taste is the ability to taste things. We use our tongue to taste.
Tongue - The tongue is the body part with which we taste. A human's tongue is in its mouth.
Skin - The skin is the body part with which we feel. Skin covers the bodies of animals.
Equipment
Different foods to taste and different materials/objects/surfaces to touch.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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