Exploring with the Five Senses
You use this body part to look at the bright colors of a Louisiana sunset or read the words in a book.
Eyes.
This is what you are doing when you look at the dark storm clouds in the sky and guess that it is about to rain.
Prediction; Guessing.
If you walk outside into a heavy rainstorm without an umbrella, this is the direct effect it will have on your clothes.
They will get wet.
This large, glowing object in the daytime sky gives light and warmth to all the plants and animals on Earth.
The Sun.
This type of cold, frozen weather happens when water falls from the sky as white, fluffy flakes.
Snow.
You use this sense to listen to your teacher reading a story or hear a fire truck siren down the road.
Hearing (ears).
If you hold a heavy rock over a swimming pool and drop it, this is what you predict the rock will do.
Sink.
If you jump up and down directly in a muddy puddle, this is what will happen to your shoes.
They will get dirty.
This is what a caterpillar changes into after it builds its cozy cocoon.
A butterfly.
This word describes how a rock feels when you squeeze it, which is the exact opposite of a soft pillow.
Hard.
This is the sense you use when you smell a sweet flower or sniff dinner cooking in the kitchen.
Smell (nose).
If you leave a cold scoop of ice cream sitting outside on a hot, sunny Louisiana day, this is what will happen to it.
Melt.
If you blow a big puff of air directly at a light, fluffy feather, this is what the feather will do.
Fly away.
These green parts of a tree fall to the ground when the weather gets cold in the autumn.
Leaves.
This is what water turns into when you freeze it inside a refrigerator.
Ice.
You use this specific mouth part to find out if a strawberry is sweet or a lemon is sour.
Tongue (taste).
If you plant a tiny seed in the dirt and give it plenty of water and sunlight, this is what you predict the seed will do.
Grow; Turn into a plant.
If you push a toy car down a steep hill very hard, this is how the speed of the car will change.
It will go faster.
Unlike animals that can walk around, these living things must stay rooted in the dirt to grow.
Plants; Trees; Flowers.
This is the kind of weather condition where you need to wear a heavy coat, a hat, and mittens outside.
Cold weather; Winter.
This is the sense you use when you pet a soft puppy or find out that an ice cube is cold.
Touch (feeling with your hands).
If you turn a plastic cup completely upside down while it is filled to the top with water, this is what the water will do.
Spill Out; Fall Down.
If you turn off the light switch in a classroom that has no windows, this is what the room will instantly become.
Dark.
This is the specific substance that fish must swim in to breathe and survive.
Water.
This invisible force is what you feel blowing against your face when the trees are swaying back and forth outside.
The wind.