Grade 3
I. Objective:
At the end of the lesson, the pupils must be able to;
a. Identify the different sense organs of the body
b. Appreciate the importance of different sense organs in our daily life
c. Describe the functions of different sense organs in our body
II. Subject Matter: Science 3
Topic: Different Sense Organs and their functions
Reference: Science and Me Elizabeth Antonio Habacon pp 19- 34, Science
for little learners Leticia T. Corona pp 14- 20; Science in Focus 3 K to 12
Isabelo Miguel R. Castro III pp. 92-97
Materials: real objects, pictures of the object, pictures of sense organs,
video, speaker, laptop, charts, pentel pen, white board, projector
III. Preliminary Activities
Teacher’ Activities Pupil’s Activities
A. Routinary Activities
1. Prayer Praise be Jesus Christ……
2. Greetings Now and Forever
3. Checking of Attendance
4. Cleanliness of the
Classroom
5. Checking of assignment
1. Review
The teacher will ask the pupils
to sing “Ten Little Fingers”
The pupils will sing and dance.
"Ten Little Fingers”
Very good children! Now I need five
volunteers from the class.
2. Motivation
The teacher will have a
“guessing game” there will be
a magic box that contains
different real objects and the
pupils will identify and describe
what is inside the magic box.
Teacher I picked
- lollipop
- Cotton ball
- cologne
- Ball
- Tambourine
- Tamarind candy
- Chocolate
- sandpaper
Thank you to all our volunteers!
3. Discussion
What have you noticed from those
objects inside the box?
How did you identify them?
We identify them through our eyes,
ears, nose, tongue, skin.
Very good! What sense organ is this?
It is our eyes.
So what is the use of our eyes?
We used our eyes for seeing.
How do we use our sense of seeing?
We use them to make us see the
things around us.
I use them for seeing beautiful
things.
Very good! Our eyes help us to see
the colors, size, and shapes. We use
them for seeing.
Can you give us other examples
wherein we can use our eyes?
Poem: “I am a Girl/Boy”
Reading (Telling a short poem) I am healthy and strong I can walk,
I can dance, I can run and sing a
song,
Look at me, I am healthy and
strong.
What sense organ is this? (ears)
It is our ears.
What is the use of our ears?
We used our ears for hearing.
How do we use our sense of
hearing?
The ears make us hear sounds
around us.
Very good! There are two kinds of
sound the soft and loud sounds.
Can you give us examples of sounds
that you can hear around you?
The voice of my teacher or
classmates.
The baby is crying.
The sounds of the electric fan.
The horn of the jeepney.
What sense organ is this? (nose)
It is our nose.
What is the use of our nose?
We used our nose for smelling.
How do we use our sense of
smelling?
The nose makes us smell things
around us.
Very good! There are sweet smell
and foul smell just like the smells of
the sampaguita and the
perfume/cologne and the foul smell
like the garbage bag or a trash can.
What sense organ is this? (tongue)
It is our tongue.
What is the use of our tongue?
We use our tongue for tasting.
Very good! How do we use our sense
of tasting?
The tongue helps us taste the food
that we eat.
I use this for tasting different foods
like sweet, salty, sour and bitter.
Can you give us examples of different
taste of food? The taste of the chocolates, cake,
ketchup, tamarind, ampalaya, etc..
We have different taste buds. The
sweet taste, sour taste, salty taste,
and bitter taste.
What sense organ is this?
It is our skin.
What is the use of our skin?
We use our skin for touching.
How do we use our sense of touch?
I use to touch smooth and rough
objects.
The skin makes us feel the things
around us.
Can you give us examples of those
things?
The chair is hard.
The blanket is soft.
The wood is rough.
The paper is smooth.
4. Activities
I have here different pictures
you are going to identify what
sense organ is being used in
the pictures that is posted on
the board.
1. Garbage bag
2. Vitamins syrup
3. Cake
4. Tamarind
5. Leftover food
6. Trunk of a tree
5. Group Activities
We are going to have our
group activity. Group
yourselves into 4.
1. Listen attentively to the
Before we start, what are the instructions.
rules to follow in group activity. 2. Be careful in using and
handling the materials.
Can I have 1 representative for 3. Follow the time allotment for
each group? the activity.
4. Be cooperative.
5. Maintain the cleanliness and
orderliness of the room.
(Pick an envelope.)
Group 1
Identify the kinds of sounds.
Materials: pictures
Instruction:
1. Name the sounds
produced by each pictures.
Classify if it is a loud
sound, or soft sound?
2. Discuss it in front of the
class.
3. Which sense organ is the
most helpful in this activity?
- Our ears /Sense of hearing
Why?
Group 2
Describe the texture of the
objects.
Materials: Face towel,
pencil, sandpaper.
1. Hold the materials discuss,
Classify the different kinds
of textures and write it down
in the chart.
2. Discuss the answer in front
of the class.
3. Which sense organ is the
most helpful in this activity?
- Our skin/Sense of touch
Why?
Group 3
Identify the kind of smell.
Materials: cologne, soap,
alcohol
1. Smell the following
materials.
2. Describe the smell of
each object. Discuss it in
front of the class.
3. Which sense organ is
the most helpful in this
activity? Why? - Our nose/Sense of smell
Group 4
Describe the different taste.
Materials: Candies,
calamansi, dark chocolate
1. Name each food.
2. Classify them according
to taste. Discuss it in
front of the class.
3. Which sense organ is
the most helpful in this - Our tongue/Sense of taste
activity? Why?
6. Generalization
(Web Mapping) What are the different
sense organs? Give the functions of
it. “Today I have learned about….”
The five sense organs are eyes,
ears, nose, tongue, and skin.
Sense Organs
The eyes make us see the things
around us.
The ears make us hear sounds
around us.
The nose makes us smell things
around us.
The tongue helps us taste the food
that we eat.
The skin makes us feel the things
around us.
7. Application/Valuing
Why is it important to have
the different sense organs
of the body?
How can we take care of
our different sense organs?
8. Evaluation
Multiple choice: Which sense organ is
being used in each situation? Write
the correct answer on the blanks
provided below.
1. Morgan touched a hot pan. He
yelled ouch because he
burned his hands. Morgan
used his _________.
A. tongue C. eyes - B. skin
B. skin D. nose
2. Joel told Rita that he liked
vanilla ice cream because it
was sweet. Joel used his - D. tongue
_________.
A. ears C. skin
B. nose D. tongue
3. Donna can’t sleep because of
the high volume of the
television set. Donna’s sense
of __________ is active.
A. sense of hearingC. sense - A. sense of hearing
of sight
B. sense of touchD. Sense of
smell
4. Marie chose the blue dress
over the pink because of its
color. Marie used her
_____________. - C. eyes
A. Nose C. eyes
B. Skin D. ears
5. Dexter smelled the strong
aroma of coffee. Dexter used
his __________.
A. Tongue C. ears
B. Eyes D. nose - D. nose
9. Assignment
Using your senses describe the
following:
Your favorite
place
Your favorite food
Your favorite
cologne
Your favorite kind
of weather
Your favorite
music
