How can you tell they’ve got it: The Five Senses?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Name all five senses and match each to the correct body part; Describe what each sense detects (e.g. eyes detect light, ears detect sound waves); Give an example of using each sense in everyday life (e.g. smelling food cooking, feeling hot water). Or just try it together: If you blindfolded your child and gave them something to smell, taste, and touch, could they name which sense they were using each time and which body part does the job?

Science The Human Body Ages 5–7

The Five Senses

Your child can name the five senses and the body part for each. Eyes see, ears hear, skin feels, the tongue tastes, and the nose smells.

In curriculum terms

Explore the five senses in detail: sight uses eyes to detect light, hearing uses ears to detect sound, touch uses skin to feel pressure and temperature, taste uses the tongue to detect flavours, and smell uses the nose to detect odours

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How to tell they’ve got it

Tick these off as you see them — no test required.

Name all five senses and match each to the correct body part
Describe what each sense detects (e.g. eyes detect light, ears detect sound waves)
Give an example of using each sense in everyday life (e.g. smelling food cooking, feeling hot water)

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Try this together

If you blindfolded your child and gave them something to smell, taste, and touch, could they name which sense they were using each time and which body part does the job?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Body Parts & Sensesages 5–6Exploratory five senses in detail complements curriculum body parts and senses topic (GB Y1)

The Brain Controls the Bodyages 5–7Senses send messages to brain; understanding senses helps understand why brain receives signals

The Five Sensesthis skill · ages 5–7

Unlocks

How the Eye Worksages 7–9Understanding how the eye works builds on knowing sight is one of the five senses

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Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).

Nearby on the map

Basic Body Needsages 5–7 Bones & Musclesages 5–7 How Breathing Worksages 5–7 The Brain Controls the Bodyages 5–7

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