Learning Coach — The Five Senses and Animal Communication
Objectives
Students will:
- Learn about the various ways animals communicate.
- Identify the five animal senses.
Skills Needed
Students must be able to:
- Have a basic knowledge of animals, animal groups, and animal habitats.
Materials Needed
Students will need:
- crayons or colored pencils
- pen or pencil
Keywords
- nature
- animals
- five senses
- communicate
- feathers
- hear
- smell
- touch
- taste
- see
Animal Senses
Go for a walk.
Goal:
Goal:

2. Go for a walk in nature. Quietly notice the different ways animals around you are communicating. What are they doing? What do you think they are trying to say? See if you can find examples of animals using sight, hearing, smell, and touch, or body language and movements, to communicate. Taste may be more challenging to distinguish; you may wish to combine smell and taste in your examples.