What's that Smell?!! - Jungle 2

From PLUM LANDING · 2014

What's that Smell?!! - Jungle 2
4 min1st2nd3rd4thScience
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Summary

While Brad and Clementine track a sound-monster, Gabi, Oliver and Cooper collect jungle smells for Plum -- some yummy, some downright disgusting. A funny look at how animals sense the world through smell.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

The kids gather jungle smells and learn how animals use their sense of smell.

  1. Which smells did the kids find nice, and which were awful?
  2. How do animals use their sense of smell to survive?
  3. What can a smell tell an animal about food or danger?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: smell, senses, information.

Try it: Make a two-column list: smells that might mean 'food' and smells that might mean 'danger' to an animal.