Telluride Elementary / Intermediate Science Curriculum Map

Grade Level: K The Five Senses

Timeline / Unit Month	Essential Question & Vocabulary	Science Standards	Essential Projects/ Activities	Resources	Assessment
February/ The Five Senses (2 wks.)	How can we learn about the world through our five senses? Vocabulary: sense touch sound hearing smell scent taste taste buds sight sweet sour bitter rough smooth texture observe chart information data catagorize	1A • make and describe careful observations and perform simple experiments 3B • understand how organisms interact with each other and with nonliving parts of their habitat to meet their basic needs 3F • each plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction	Lakeshore Center: Five Senses • categorize pictures to sense Touch – My Touch and Feel Book Hearing – Shake It Up activity/wkst. Smell – Mystery Smells activity/wkst. Taste – SEDL lesson: Getting the idea for taste (use M&Ms & Sweet Tarts) Sight – Read Brown Bear, Brown Bear & make class book (student, student, what do you see?)	Lakeshore Center: Five Senses Trade books, teacher made/gathered materials	Student made book “My Five Senses” What Do I Use? (worksheet covers all five senses)