Science - UNIT 2 - Our Senses

UNIT CONTENT

         Content objectives

1. Using the senses to discover and describe the environment: shapes, sizes, colours, smells and tastes.
   
2. Identifying the five senses and how they work.
   
3. Distinguishing the parts of the eye.
   
4. Understanding that we need light in order to see.
   
5. Identifying the path that sound takes in the ear.
   
6. Understanding what taste buds are for.
   
7. Appreciating the importance of all the senses.
   
8. Differentiating healthy and unhealthy habits to look after our sense organs

         Language objectives

1. Explaining the purpose of an object: We need our senses in order to ... We use our eyes to see ...
   
2. Conditions that are always true (zero conditional: if + present tense): If there is ... we cannot see ...
   
3. Expressing recommendation / obligation: We should ... We must ...
   
4. Describing where things are: in the centre; at the back; inside; behind
   
5. Describing movement: into; along; to
   
6. Making comparisons: Animals can smell better than ... 
   
   
   Vocabulary
   
   
   ears, eyes, hearing, nose, sight, skin, smell, skin, taste, tongue, touch, eye, eyeball, iris, lens, protect, pupil, retina, to see, sight, cochlea, ear, ear canal, ear drum, hearing, inner ear, outer ear, small bones, sounds, flavours, nose, smell, taste, taste buds.
   

   Assessment criteria
   

   
   

   • Associating the senses with their organs.
   • Understanding how our senses work: perceive information from the world

   around us.
   • Identifying the parts of the eye and ear.