Teaching children about the five senses - from the Illinois Extension office, lessons for teaching the senses (Y)
We need all five senses - uses experiments to show our need for the senses (Y)
Our 5 senses - Hands on activities for teaching the 5 senses (Y)
The Incredible Human Body: The Five Senses - Designed for a group, but contains good questions to spark discussion. Lessons fore different age levels. (Y, M, O, T)
Seeing, hearing, and smelling the world - an indepth report from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. (O)
Stick out your tongue and say "aah" - from Kids' Health, lots of info about the tongue and taste (Y,M)
Come to your senses - Use an online Mr. Potato Head to learn about the senses. (Y,M)
Senses, The Five - Kindergarten Unit (Y)
Senses - from BrainPop (Y,M)
Eggs filled with sound - Plastic eggs will be filled with various objects and children will need to use their sense of hearing to figure out what is inside. Preschool, K, 1-2 (Y)
Sense in animals - Vision, hearing, balance, smell, taste, and touch, the "senses" are perceived by specialized sensory nerve endings. These specialized nerve endings are able to perceive specific forms of energy. They are designed to protect the animal from dangers in the external environment. (M,O)
Helen Keller Kids Museum Online - An interactive virtual experience from the American Foundation for the Blind (Y,M)
Helen Keller Biography - From The Braille Bug (Y,M)
HELEN KELLER - From Garden of Praise (Y,M)
Helen Keller Unit Study - From Garden of Praise (Y,M)
Helen Keller - From Surfing the Net with Kids (Y,M)
Let Us Have Faith by Helen Keller - From MyHero.com (Y,M)
Audition (Hearing) - Neuroscience for kids (Y)
Smell (Olfaction) - From Neuroscience for Kids, offers Olfaction lesson plans for grades K-12 (Y, M, O, T)
Taste (Gustation) - From Neuroscience for Kids, offers gustation lesson plans for grades K-12 (Y, M, O, T)
Touch Experiments - From Neuroscience for Kids, offers Touch Experiments for grades K-12. (Y, M, O, T)
Sight (Vision) - From Neuroscience for Kids, offers vision lesson plans for grades K-12 (Y, M, O, T)
The Senses Working Together - From Neuroscience for Kids, offers Touch Experiments for grades K-12 (Y, M, O, T)
Decibel Levels - From CoolMath4Kids.com (Y, M, O, T)
Ear Anatomy - From Enchanted Learning. (Y)
Helen Keller Birthplace - Ivy Green is the birthplace of Helen Keller. "The map shows you around Tuscumbia, Alabama and the local area... There is something spiritually uplifting about touching the actual well-pump where Anne Sullivan reached into the dark silent world of young Helen Keller's mind and opened the window of communication." (Y, M, O, T)
Time Magazine article on Helen Keller - "She altered our perception of the disabled and remapped the boundaries of sight and sense." (M,O)
Helen Keller Unit Study - Includes the topics of Deafness/Blindness, Overcoming Adversity and Women's Rights (M)
The Life of Helen Keller - About the life of Helen Keller, the deafblind woman who became a role model for millions of people (Y, M, O, T)
Using Primary Sources in the Classroom: The Life of Helen Keller - This lesson will teach students a little about the life of this great woman as well as how to appreciate those who face disabilities similar to what Helen faced. (Y)
American Foundation for the Blind: Helen Keller - Deaf and blind from infancy, Helen Keller played a leading role in most of the significant political, social, and cultural movements of the 20th century. Throughout her lifetime (1880-1968) she worked unceasingly to improve the lives of people who were blind and deaf. (Y, M, O, T)