January 23rd, 2020 Brown Girl Dreaming by: Jacqueline Woodson

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Directions: ANSWER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES! Use the information you have been given to answer questions about:Learning About The Sense Organs

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Level#1

People enjoy tasting food, listening to music, touching a puppy's fur, smelling flowers, and watching movies. These activities are possible because of five important organs: tongue, nose, skin, eyes, and ears. Each sense organ has special parts and cells that allow it to work. These organs do more than help your enjoy the world. They send very important information to your brain every second. This information helps you to stay healthy.

1. What are some activities that people enjoy?





2. How are the activities that people enjoy possible?





3. What does each of these sense organs have that allow it to work? 







Level#2

People enjoy tasting food, listening to music, touching a puppy's fur, smelling flowers, and watching movies. These activities are possible because of five important organs: tongue, nose, skin, eyes, and ears. Each sense organ has special parts and cells that allow it to work. These organs do more than help your enjoy the world. They send very important information to your brain every second. This information helps you to stay healthy. Your tongue is covered with sensory neurons that sense taste. These neurons are contained in taste buds. You have four kinds of taste buds; sour, sweet, salty, and bitter.

1. What are some activities that people enjoy, and how are they possible?






2. What does each of your sense organs have that allow them to work?






3. What do the five sense organs do for you and how do they help you?








Level#3

People enjoy tasting food, listening to music, touching a puppy's fur, smelling flowers, and watching movies. These activities are possible because of five important organs: tongue, nose, skin, eyes, and ears. Each sense organ has special parts and cells that allow it to work. These organs do more than help your enjoy the world. They send very important information to your brain every second. This information helps you to stay healthy. Your tongue is covered with sensory neurons that sense taste. These neurons are contained in taste buds. You have four kinds of taste buds; sour, sweet, salty, and bitter. Much of your sense of taste is really smell. As you eat, scents from your food enter your nose. Smells are picked up by sensory neurons in the nose. These cells have long, hair-like structures. The hair-like structures are connected to nerves. These nerves carry messages to the brain. The brain interprets the smell.

1. What are some activities that people enjoy doing, how are they possible, and how does each sense organ work?







2. What do these sense organs do, how do they do it, and what does the information do for you?







3. What allows you to sense taste, and what are these neurons contained in?








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