Summary
“Why Do Animals Have Whiskers?” is a short SciShow Kids science video for the K–5 classroom. It explains one of our senses and how it sends information to the brain. Quick to drop into a science lesson, a center, or a few spare minutes before the bell.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
This video explains one of our senses and how it helps us learn about the world.
- Which sense does this video explain?
- What does this sense help you notice about the world?
- What information does it send to your brain?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: sense, sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, brain.
Try it: Close your eyes and use only one other sense to explore an object, then describe it.