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Student project: “Alexander Graham Bell” and “Thomas Watson” explaining how a modern telephone works<\/p>\n

This is the culminating project for a 4 part hands-on unit on the five senses. Included are presentation ideas, five senses themed recipe suggestions, and field trip options. My lessons are geared toward 3rd-4th grade level children and their siblings. These are lessons I created to do with a weekly homeschool co-op. We meet each week for 2 1\/2 hours and have 14 children between the ages of 0-13. Use these fun lessons with your classroom, family, after school program, camp, or co-op!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project and Presentation Ideas<\/h2>\n

\"Eyeball<\/a><\/p>\n

Eyeball model<\/p>\n

Please select one or more of the following for each of your children to do for an end-of-the unit project:<\/p>\n

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  1. Do a 5 Senses project. Try one out at home and then either demonstrate it for us at the co-op or simply tell us what you did and what you found out (in science fair project fashion). Here’s one site you can start with if you need ideas.<\/a><\/li>\n

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  2. Draw or paint a picture related to one or all of the 5 senses.<\/li>\n

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  3. Write and illustrate a 5 senses-related book or poem and read it to the group.<\/li>\n

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  4. Bake\/make a 5 senses-related recipe. (Many Halloween-related recipes might be appropriate…like eyeball cookies, “finger” cookies, etc.)<\/li>\n

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  5. Research a particular topic or person relevant to this unit and give a report about it\/him\/her. Some ideas include: Braille, seeing eye dogs, Motzart, Helen Keller, Alexander Graham Bell, sign language, Bach, etc.<\/li>\n

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  6. Learn to sign a song in sign language & sign it for the group.<\/li>\n

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  7. Learn about a musical instrument & either give a report about it and\/or play a song using that instrument.<\/li>\n

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    Projects that my group did:<\/p>\n

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    1. Two boys dressed as Alexander Graham Bell & Thomas Watson. They talked about who they were and what they’d done. Then they showed us a modern phone and explained how it works.<\/li>\n

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    2. Two girls dresses as Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan and talked about who they were and what they’d done.<\/li>\n

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    3. Two children created 3-D models of eyes using Styrofoam balls, paint, and other objects<\/li>\n

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    4. Two children baked eyeball cupcakes.<\/li>\n

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    5. Three children “sang” the alphabet and two hymns in sign language.<\/li>\n

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    6. One child did a report on senses that animals have that people don’t.<\/li>\n

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      Five Senses Themed Lunch<\/h2>\n

      \"Finger<\/a><\/p>\n

      Finger cookies (sugar cookies with almond slice fingernails) for sense of touch<\/p>\n

      Here’s what we did for our lunch.<\/p>\n