Author: Amanda McGarrigle

Science—Term 1
Humans

Background Information
We will learn about the human body—identifying the main parts of our body (hand, foot, head, leg, arm)
The senses: what are the senses? What part of our body is used for each sense?
We will learn about Hearing, touch, Taste, Sight, Smell and how these senses can help us.

In this unit the children will…
Label a human body with the basic parts.
Understand how our body helps us and what we use the different parts of our body for.
Hearing. How do we hear? What part of our body do we use for this sense? Label an ear and its main parts. What can we hear? (listening to different sounds and identifying what has made it)
Sight. How do we see? What part of our body do we use for this sense? Label and eye. What can we see from our window?
Taste. How do we taste? What part of our body do we use for this sense? Look at the tongue and how it helps us to taste. Taste different things and talk about how they taste.
Touch. How do we touch? What part of our body do we use for this sense? Look at our hands and our finger tips. Identify different objects through touch alone.
Smell. How do we smell? What part of our body do we use for this sense? Look at our noses and how they help us to smell. Smell different things and discuss how they smell—smells we like and smells we dislike.

By the end of this unit….
All children can:
To be able to identify, name draw and label the basic parts of the human body.
To know which part of the body is associated with each sense.
To be able to record data in a simple chart.
Discuss and record how different things taste, smell and feel.
Identify their likes and dislikes about different sounds, tastes, touch, sounds and smells.
Most children will:
Begin to understand how our muscles help our body to move.
Know why our senses are important to us.
Some children will:
Begin to explore how we use our senses and how we are affected when they are deprived.

The children will begin by looking at the human body—labelling it and considering how we move . Then we will look at our senses and what they are and how we use them.
Within this we will explore our senses and experiment with how we use them.

Key Vocabulary
Senses—Humans have five basic senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.