Summary
A natural-science segment on how animals use senses like sight, smell, hearing, and touch — some far sharper than our own — to find food and stay safe. Children compare animal senses to their own. (K-2 NGSS has no senses expectation, so no standard is tagged.)
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
After watching “Animal Senses” together:
- Which senses do animals use to find food?
- Can you name an animal with a very strong sense of smell or hearing?
- How are an animal's senses like yours? How are they different?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: senses, sight, smell, hearing, touch
Pick an animal. Draw it using one of its senses and tell how that sense helps it.