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Our Five Senses

Our Five Senses. By: Kari Borland. Table of Contents. Our sense of Smell Our sense of Touch Our sense of Hearing Our sense of Taste Our sense of Sight All of our senses together About the Author References. Our Sense of Smell. Did you know… smell is the most direct of our senses?

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Our Five Senses

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  1. Our Five Senses By: Kari Borland

  2. Table of Contents • Our sense of Smell • Our sense of Touch • Our sense of Hearing • Our sense of Taste • Our sense of Sight • All of our senses together • About the Author • References

  3. Our Sense of Smell Did you know… • smell is the most direct of our senses? • smells stimulate learning and information? • each person has an odor as individual as a fingerprint? • all smells fall into a few basic categories: minty, floral, ethereal, musky, foul, and acrid? Table of Contents

  4. Our Sense of Touch Did you know… • our skin is the largest sensory organ of the body? • our skin weighs about six to eight pounds? • our fingerprints, tongue, and lips are the most sensitive areas of the body? • touch is the key to our survival? Table of Contents

  5. Our Sense of Hearing Did you know… • 30 of every 1,000 school-age children have hearing loss? • the ear is made up of three different sections: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear? • your ears also help you keep your balance? • the brain would not be able to recognize any sounds without the different parts of the ear all working together? Table of Contents

  6. Our Sense of Taste Did you know… • there are four basic classifications for taste: salty, sweet, bitter and sour? • there are a lot of tiny bumps on our tongues called taste buds? • taste buds contain taste receptor cells, which sense the presence of chemicals in the mouth? • information from taste cells is transferred to the brain by the primary gustatory nerves? Table of Contents

  7. Our Sense of Sight Did you know… • our eyes are one of the most important ways we have of getting information about the world? • over one million people in America suffer from eye injuries each year? • the clear window on the outer front surface of the eyeball is called the cornea? • our ability to see starts when light reflects off an object at which we are looking and enters the eye? Table of Contents

  8. All of our Senses… working together! Table of Contents

  9. About the Author • My name is Kari Borland. I am 20 years old, soon to be 21 years old on June 20th. • I enjoy sports, cars, and animals. • I plan on becoming a kindergarten teacher in a few years. Table of Contents

  10. References Smell and Touch http://www.uen.org/utahlink/lp_res/TRB028.html Hearing http://www.wasa-shhh.org/hearing_facts.htm http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/ear_SW.html Taste http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/Social/Senses/s00125b.html Sight http://www.sickkids.on.ca/kids/ks_Eyes.asp http://www.seeclearly.com/howworks.cfm http://www.pecc.sk.ca/how_the_eyes_work.htm Table of Contents

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