Interdisciplinary Connections for Human
Body Science
These sites offer some ideas for connecting science learning
with endeavors in other content areas.
computer science | language arts | literature:
trade books | poetry | multidiscipline
Computer Science
Owl Pellets Website
An elementary school teacher created this website to
showcase the experiences of his classes as they dissected
owl pellets. He includes photographs, original drawings, and
explanations in the students' own words. This site may give
you some ideas for similar easy sites that you could create
with your own class.
Come to Your Senses
This is another nice (and more advanced) example of a type
of site that your class might like to create as a way to
learn not only about the science but also about web design.
This ThinkQuest site, devised by fifth and sixth graders,
uses Mr. Potato Head as the tool for providing access to
sensory information. They included explanations, imported
diagrams, trivia, and links to other strong sites in their
well-done presentation. (The site has not been monitored
since it was developed, so some links are no longer live.)
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Language Arts
Language Arts Thematic Unit: Your Five Senses
Written by a graduate student, this lesson plan puts forth a
lot of ideas for tying language arts into a second grade
study of the five senses. Many of the activities are similar
to those found in the kits, but some of the reading and
writing prompts and especially the suggested reading list
might help you extend your students' learning.
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Literature: Trade Books
Book Recommendations for Kids Studying Food and
Nutrition
The Connecticut Association for Human Services recommends
these food-related storybooks as a fun way to tie reading to
learning about food.
Books for Kids and Teachers on the Senses
If you're looking for additional resources, this is a list
of books and resources that a first and second grade teacher
found useful when she was exploring the senses with her
students. There are no annotations.
Body Books
Peruse the electronic card catalog of teacher
resources—mostly books—valued by Emporia State
University's Science and Math Education Center. The
described books range from stories and content resources to
activity books and kits. Each linked title takes you to a
more complete bibliography with suggested grade levels and
descriptions of the resource. Search for the topic you seek
information on by name (try: blood, bone, respiratory
system, food, teeth, muscle, protein, heart, etc.) by using
the A-Z keyword index, or you could try looking at the
title, author, or grade level indexes.
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Poetry
Sensory Poems
This teacher offered a great suggestion for helping your students craft sensory poems that consider each of the five senses.
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Multidiscipline
Try This: Taste and Smell
These "Try This" extension activities from Newton's Apple use
writing exercises, surveying, diagramming, and graphing to
engage learners in going deeper with simple tasting and
smelling explorations.
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