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1st grade · Science · Unit 8 of 12

Our Bodies & Senses

Eyes, ears, nose and more

What your child practices

The five senses, the body part linked to each, and the jobs of the heart, lungs, brain, bones and stomach.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 1.5 · how the parts of our own bodies help us live and meet our needs

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch.
  2. Each sense has a body part: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin.
  3. Lungs help you breathe. Your heart pumps blood.

Example: You smell cookies. Which sense is that? You smell with your nose. That sense is smell. Answer: smell

Our Bodies & Senses in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 8 of 12 in 1st grade Science, after Ideas from Nature and before Parents & Babies.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    You hear a bell ring. Which sense are you using?

    🔔
    • touch
    • smell
    • hearing

  2. Question 2

    Which part of the body pumps blood?

    • 🫁lungs
    • 🧠brain
    • ❤️heart

  3. Question 3

    Which body part do you use to smell?

    • 🤲hands
    • 👂ears
    • 👃nose

  4. Question 4

    How can you keep your teeth healthy?

    🪥
    • Chew on rocks
    • Never brush
    • Brush them twice a day

  5. Question 5

    Which body part helps you pick up a pencil?

    • 👂ear
    • ✋hand
    • 👃nose

  6. Question 6

    Which body part helps you feel if something is hot?

    • 👂ears
    • 👀eyes
    • 🤚skin

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