Kinder/Year 1 & 2

This term, K/1/2 students explored how their five senses help them observe and understand the world. Through engaging, hands-on activities, they investigated the senses of sight and hearing, learning to identify the key parts of the eye and ear. They also explored their sense of touch by describing and comparing the textures of various objects. Last week, the class participated in taste and smell challenges, making predictions and recording their observations to develop their scientific inquiry skills. They began by predicting and then tasting different foods, comparing the tastes to their predictions: salty, sour or sweet? Students then participated in a Mystery Smell challenge where they smelt three different items and predicted what they were and where they might smell them. There are some fun photos and some funny faces being pulled!  We ended the fun lesson with a tasting challenge where we were blindfolded and held our noses before tasting a Skittle. Boy, it’s hard to pick a flavour when our nose and eyes do not help out our sense of taste!

STE-PQU-01 A student poses questions based on observations to collect data

ST1-DAT-01 A student collects, represents and uses data to identify patterns and relationships