What's that Smell?
Kindergarten Science,
Use this lesson to teach your students about their sense of smell. Teach them that food would not taste as good
without their sense of smell. Have them imagine their favorite food and think if they like the taste or the smell
of that food.
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to describe their sense of smell. Students will be able to identify various smells.
Materials and preparation
Board markers
Sense of Smell worksheet
Smell worksheet
Colored pencils
Notebook paper
Flower
Dirty socks
Pen
Juice
Attachments
Sense of Smell (PDF)
Smell (PDF)
Introduction (10 minutes)
Tell your students that they will be learning about their sense of smell today.
Ask your students to imagine their favorite food.
Go around the class and ask your students to describe the smell of their favorite food.
Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling (15 minutes)
Ask your students to tell you some smells that they are familiar with.
Write the smells on the board.
Go over the smells and ask your students to identify them as either a good smell or a bad smell.
Guided Practice (15 minutes)
Ask your students to complete the Sense of Smell worksheet with a partner.
Go over the worksheet as a class.
Independent working time (15 minutes)
Ask your students to complete the Smell worksheet.
Tell your students to draw and color an object that they smell in the garden.
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Differentiation
Enrichment: Ask your students to write and draw five things they smell in their bedrooms. Have them
write the smell next to each object.
Support: Ask your students to smell and describe four objects. You can ask the student to smell a flower,
dirty socks, pen, and juice.
Assessment (10 minutes)
Conduct a short quiz on smells.
Ask your students to write a smell for four objects.
A few examples of objects could include flower, marker, socks, and pizza. Have your students use
descriptive words, such as sweet, bitter, yucky, or rich.
Review and closing (10 minutes)
Ask your students to think of one thing they can do every day to make sure they smell nice.
Ask them to share it with the class.
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Sense of Smell
Human beings (like you!) have five
ways of sensing the world around
them: hearing, sight, taste, touch,
and smell. Complete the activity
below to learn about your
sense of smell.
Draw a line to match
the smell with the
correct object.
Stinky
Sweet
Spicy
Floral
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Smell
We use our nose to smell.
Draw something you smell in the garden.
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