Senses with Scuba Charlotte

This week we kicked off our newest Science Unit, Senses! We built our Senses knowledge as we went on an underwater journey with Scuba Charlotte!

Hearing

We used our sense of hearing and had to identify sounds from several sea animals, including dolphins and whales. The next challenge was to wear blackout goggles and follow a specific sound (e.g. bells, castanets) as we crab-walked around the room, following our sound! Then we took a minute and reflected on what could hurt/help our senses: 

Sight

Our eyes played tricks on us! On one side of a stick we glued a fish, and on the other a tank. When we spun the stick back a forth, it looked like the fish was in the tank! We also really enjoyed a What is it? game and a few other optical illusions. 

Taste and Smell

We learned that our sense of taste and smell work together!

We challenged our sense of smell with little scented vials. Rose stumped most of us!

We tried a few different mystery tastes, but were encouraged to smell the samples first. We tried salt water, lemon juice, and sugar water. 

Touch

We were able to touch many textures from the ocean, including real coral that was once alive! We identified bumpy, sharp, squishy, smooth and rough textures. 

We had so much fun wearing black out shades and exploring sand and water pails, identifying different items!

Sea Lions and Their Senses

We learned that when a baby sea lion is born, the mama and baby sea lions bark back and forth! If a mama is ever confused about who her baby is, she uses her sense of smell to identify it. 

Sea lions rely on their whiskers as their sense of touch! Their whiskers tell them how the water is moving and can signal to them if food swims by. 

We learned loads about our senses with Scuba Charlotte! Thank you to the parent volunteers who were so patient, energetic and willing to participate!

Senses presentation was made through Teacher's Pet

Scuba Senses!

It seems like every day there is something fantastic and exciting happening in Grade One!

Last Wednesday we kicked off our newest Science Unit, Senses! To get the kids thinking, students were challenged to use their senses to make observations together!

Senses with Scuba Charlotte

On Friday, we added to our Senses knowledge as we went on an underwater senses journey with "Scuba Charlotte"!

Hearing

We used our sense of hearing and had to identify sounds from several sea animals, including dolphins and whales. The next challenge was to wear blackout goggles and follow a specific sound (e.g. bells, castanets) as we crab-walked around the room, following our sound! Then we took a minute and reflected on what could hurt/help our senses: 

Sight

Our eyes played tricks on us! On one side of a stick we glued a fish, and on the other a tank. When we spun the stick back a forth, it looked like the fish was in the tank! We also really enjoyed a What is it? game and a few other optical illusions. 

Taste and Smell

We learned that our sense of taste and smell work together, and we use our noses help us taste! We ate a cracker with our noses plugged, and then tried again without our noses unplugged. What a difference! 

We also challenged our sense of smell with little scented vials. Black licorice was a toughie!

Animals taste and smell a little differently than we do. Did you know that a catfish has taste buds all over its body? Or that a shark has an excellent sense of smell and can smell blood from miles away? 

Mystery Tastes

We tried a few different mystery tastes, but were encouraged to smell the samples first. We tried salt water, lemon juice, and sugar water. Scuba Charlotte thankfully didn't ask us to taste spinach or coffee, which are both bitter tastes! (Mrs. Beliveau would have gladly had any coffee samples)

Touch

We were able to touch many textures from the ocean, including real coral that was once alive! We identified bumpy, sharp, squishy, smooth and rough textures. 

We had so much fun wearing black out shades and exploring sand and water pails, identifying different items!

Sea Lions and Their Senses

No trip with Scuba Charlotte is complete without meeting a few sea lions! 

We learned that when a baby is born, the mama and baby sea lions bark back and forth for about 20 minutes to learn to identify each other's bark! If a mama is ever confused about who her baby is, she uses her sense of smell to identify it. 

Sea lions have an excellent sense of smell, which they use to find their baby, locate a mate, or identify a dangerous human. But sea lions do not have a very developed sense of taste! 

Sea lions rely on their whiskers as their sense of touch! Their whiskers tell them how the water is moving and can signal to them if food swims by. 

We learned loads about our senses with Scuba Charlotte today! Hopefully you were able to review your child's booklet and learn something new yourself! Thank you to the parent volunteers who were so patient, energetic and willing to participate!

Senses presentation was made through Teacher's Pet

Fun with our Five Senses

So, what exactly does popping popcorn have to do with learning?

Easy! We popped popcorn and used our senses to describe it! We've just begun our 5 Senses Unit in Science, and boy has it started off with a bang! (or rather, a POP!)

We got right to to work on our bulletin board, cutting out pictures from magazines to post by the different senses. Pretty spectacular work!

Last Friday we welcomed in Scuba Charlotte for a hands-on morning designed to make us "senses experts"! The best part? The program was underwater themed!

Hearing

Using our sense of hearing, we listened carefully to identify sounds from several different sea animals, such as dolphins and whales. Our next challenge was so fun! Wearing blackout glasses, so we could not see, students relied on their sense of hearing to know which direction to travel. Listening for a specific sound (bells, castanets), students were challenged to crab-walk in the direction of their sound. 

Sight

Our eyes can play tricks on us! We colored a fish and a tank, and glued the images onto opposite sides of a stick. When the stick was spun quickly back and forth, it appeared as though the fish was in the tank! We enjoyed a "What is it?" ocean animal game as well as other optical illusions. 

Taste and Smell

We discovered that our sense of taste and smell work together closely! We tasted a cracker with our noses plugged, then tried again with our noses unplugged. What a difference!

We sniffed several scented vials and enjoyed guessing the smells. 

Scuba Charlotte taught us that animals sometimes taste and smell differently than us. A catfish has taste buds all over its body, and a shark can smell so well it can smell blood from miles away. Neat!

We also sampled some mystery tastes ... sugar water, salt water, and lemon juice! Can your child describe each of those tastes? (sweet, salty, and sour)

Touch
We explored many textures from the ocean, and were lucky enough to even touch real coral that was once alive! We identified bumpy, sharp, squishy, smooth and rough textures. 

We got a little sandy and a little wet during one of our favourite activities! Wearing blackout glasses, we used our sense of touch to find items in a pail of sand and a bucket of water. 

Sea Lion Senses
Scuba Charlotte introduced us to her favourite ocean animal, sea lions! They uses their senses in amazing ways!

When a baby sea lion is born, it barks back and forth with it's mama for 20 minutes to learn one another's barks. A mama sea lion can also use it's sense of smell to find it's baby. 

Playing a game -
Can the mama sea lion find it's baby
by listening for the right bark?

Sea Lions rely on their whiskers for their sense of touch. Their whiskers move in the water and can tell them of food is swimming by. 

We learned LOADS about the senses God blessed us with and will continue this learning throughout the week in the classroom. Hopefully you were able to review your child's booklet from the program and hear the many highlights from the morning!

Scuba Diving with Scuba Charlotte

It seems like every day there is something fantastic and exciting happening in Grade One!

Last Friday we kicked off our newest Science Unit, Senses! To get the kids thinking, students were challenged to use their senses to figure out what was in the microwave . . . 

One POP and they had it figured out! We used our senses to make observations together:

Then, ready with scissors and magazines, the boys and girls hunted for pictures to add to our Senses bulletin board. Isn't it amazing? 

Senses with Scuba Charlotte

Today we added to our Senses knowledge as we went on an underwater journey with Scuba Charlotte!

Hearing

We used our sense of hearing and had to identify sounds from several sea animals, including dolphins and whales. The next challenge was to wear blackout goggles and follow a specific sound (e.g. bells, castanets) as we crab-walked around the room, following our sound! Then we took a minute and reflected on what could hurt/help our senses: 

Sight

Our eyes played tricks on us! On one side of a stick we glued a fish, and on the other a tank. When we spun the stick back a forth, it looked like the fish was in the tank! We also really enjoyed a What is it? game and a few other optical illusions. 

Taste and Smell

We learned that our sense of taste and smell work together, and we use our noses help us taste! We ate a cracker with our noses plugged, and then tried again without our noses unplugged. What a difference! 

We also challenged our sense of smell with little scented vials. Black licorice stumped most of us!

Animals taste and smell a little differently than we do. Did you know that a catfish has taste buds all over its body? Or that a shark has an excellent sense of smell and can smell blood from miles away? 

Mystery Tastes

We tried a few different mystery tastes, but were encouraged to smell the samples first. We tried salt water, lime KoolAid, and sugar water. Scuba Charlotte thankfully didn't ask us to taste spinach or coffee, which are both bitter tastes! (Mrs. Beliveau would have gladly had any coffee samples)

Touch

We were able to touch many textures from the ocean, including real coral that was once alive! We identified bumpy, sharp, squishy, smooth and rough textures. 

We had so much fun wearing black out shades and exploring sand and water pails, identifying different items!

Sea Lions and Their Senses

No trip with Scuba Charlotte is complete without meeting a few sea lions! 

We learned that when a baby is born, the mama and baby sea lions bark back and forth for about 20 minutes to learn to identify each other's bark! If a mama is ever confused about who her baby is, she uses her sense of smell to identify it. 

Where is my baby sea lion?

Sea lions have an excellent sense of smell, which they use to find their baby, locate a mate, or identify a dangerous human. But sea lions do not have a very developed sense of taste! 

Sea lions rely on their whiskers as their sense of touch! Their whiskers tell them how the water is moving and can signal to them if food swims by. 

We learned loads about our senses with Scuba Charlotte today! Hopefully you were able to review your child's booklet and learn something new yourself! Thank you to the parent volunteers who were so patient, energetic and willing to participate!