Senses

US National Institute on Deafness
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/education/index.asp
Shockwave games and classroom activities about hearing. 

Twinkle & Eyenstein's Wise Eye Web
http://www.keystoneblind.org/wiseweb/wiseweb.htm
Story of The Amazing Eye, Optical Illusions, Eye Safety and Colouring Pages. 

A Big Look At The Eye
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/eye_SW.html
All about eyes, eyelashes and eyelids. 

What's That Smell?
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/nose_SW.html
How do you smell these smells and millions more?
The answer is right in front of your face: by using your nose!

The Sense of Taste
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/T/Taste.html
here are five primary taste sensations. Each is explained. 

Take A Good Look At Glasses
http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/glasses.html
Story of Tara who could not see the words on the board. 

What Is Hearing Loss?
http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/sight/hearing_impairment.html
Information on how hearing loss is diagnosed and treated.

 Hear My Hands
http://hearmyhands.org/
Organization dedicated to producing film and video projects in American Sign Language. Includes video clips of sign stories.
 

Guide dogs
http://www.guidedogs.com.au/mobility/dogs/
Information and pictorials on guide dog training. 

Lessons 

The Senses
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chsense.html
Experiments and activities related to the five senses.

 Classifying the Five Senses
http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/Health/Body_Systems_and_Senses/BSS0002.html
In this lesson students are given index cards labelled with the five senses and picture cards with pictures that represent the five senses. The students will sort the picture cards to gain an understanding of the five senses and classifying. 

Hearing: Sense of Direction
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/bodyscience/
An experiment to show how two ears allow us to perceive sound direction better than one.

Feely Box
http://spikesworld.spike-jamie.com/science/solids/c111%2022%20making%20groupings%20in%20a%20feely%20box.html
Reach in and feel what is the box, and decide whether or not they can be put into groups. Using our sense of touch to make determinations about the qualities of objects. 

Five Senses Lessons
http://www.sedl.org/scimath/pasopartners/senses/
Integrated lessons on the five senses. 

Learning About the 5 Senses Using the Body Cube
http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Health/Body_Systems_and_Senses/BSS0012.html
Children will explore how their bodies receive information from the outside world using a combination of storytelling and a simple game. 

Ten Ways To Teach The Senses
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson183.shtml
Simple ideas for teaching about the senses. 

The Five Senses
http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/5senses.htm
Early childhood education activities that involve young children in sensory experiences.

Terrific Taste Buds
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceTasteBudInvestigationUsingJellyBellies23.htm
This lesson will involve students sampling food from the four taste categories: bitter, sweet, sour, and salty. 

Taste Zones
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/243.html
Students are able to see that different areas of their tongues are sensitive to certain tastes. 

Our Five Senses
http://www.uq.edu.au/_School_Science_Lessons/year1.html#SensesGL 
Children can investigate the properties of things by using the five senses: sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch through these lessons and games.

Bob Miller's Light Walk
http://www.exploratorium.edu/light_walk/lw_main.html
Artist Bob Miller's "Light Walk" at the Exploratorium is always an eye-opening experience for students and teachers alike. 

Tinnitus Explained
http://www.disability.vic.gov.au/dsonline/dsarticles.nsf/pages/Tinnitus_explained?OpenDocument
Tinnitus is a physical condition, experienced as noises or ringing in the ears or head, when no such external physical noise is present. 

Sound Fury
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/soundandfury/
Find out what it is like to live with a hearing disability and learn about hearing aids. 

Auslan—Australian Sign Language
http://www.wadeaf.org.au/auslan.shtml
Information about Auslan and a chart of signs for each letter. 

Lip-reading http://www.disability.vic.gov.au/      etc.
Lip-reading is the art of being able to see speech sounds. 

Australian Hearing Glossary
http://www.hearing.com.au/glossary.asp
The Australian Hearing Glossary can help you understand some of the technical terms related to hearing. 

The Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
http://www.ridbc.org.au/
Australia's major independent special educator, providing a wide range of educational services to children who have significant hearing and/or vision loss, including children who have additional disabilities. 

Royal Blind Society
http://www.rbs.org.au/client/blindness.html
Information on white canes and Braille.

The Sense of Taste
http://www.lgms.pvt.k12.pa.us/Garden/taste.html
 Explanation of taste buds.

The Sense of Touch
http://www.lgms.pvt.k12.pa.us/Garden/touch.html
The surface of the skin contains numerous receptors associated with touch, pain, heat and cold.

The Sensory System
http://www.questacon.edu.au/html/assets/pdf/The_Sensory_System.pdf
Earthlings have a number of organs that serve a dual purpose in their body. Find out about these organs.

Five Senses Garden
http://www.educationfoundation.org.au/greenseed/display_school.asp?schoolID=11
School garden project which has five sections that reflect the Five Human Senses of touch, taste, sight, smell and hearing.

Thanks Charlie www.PrimarySchool.com.au