Kindergarden - The Five Senses

84 The Five Senses: Supplemental Guide 3C | I Use My Nose to Smell

Presenting the Interactive Read-Aloud 15 minutes

The dialogic factors and instructional conversations within the lesson

can be altered based on the needs of the class and professional

judgment. Please keep in mind the Core Content Objectives as you make

adjustments to this interactive read-aloud.

I Use My Nose to Smell

 Show image 4A-2: Sniffing a flower

Everybody take a deep breath through your nose. This is inhaling or

breathing in.

Every time you inhale, thousands of tiny little molecules enter your

nose each time you breathe. These small things are called odor

molecules, and odor molecules make up what we call scents. Show

me again how you inhale.

[Pause for students to inhale.]

Did you smell and odor molecules?

[Pause for students to answer.]

Did you see any odor molecules?

[Pause for students to answer.]

Why not?

[Call on a volunteer to answer.]

Molecules are little pieces of things that are too small to see—they

are invisible. There are millions of odor molecules floating in the air.

 Show image 4A-3: Nose diagram

Look at this picture and explain to your partner how the odor

molecules of a flower get into the nose. Then explain how people

know the scent of what they smell. Be sure to use the words odor

molecules, nostrils, smell receptors, and brain in your explanation.

[Allow one minute for students to talk. Ask for a volunteer to come up to the

picture and explain.]

When you sniff or smell a flower, odor molecules rush in through

your nostrils, the two holes in your nose. Once the odor molecules