Lab-Aids: Human Senses Experiment Kit
This kit provokes a personal interest as students identify response areas on their bodies. They become aware of their sensory perceptions and the physiological characteristics of the body receptors.
Scientific Concepts:
- Å“Mapping the taste sensations of sweet, salty, bitter and sour
- Determine olfactory fatigue and recovery times by inhaling different odors
- Discovers hot and cold nerve endings as they "map" a section of skin
- Locating nerve endings for touch (pressure) and pain
- Determining the two-point threshold of various parts of the body
- Investigating blind spots, dominant eye, visual accommodation, near point of vision and after image
- Experiments with flex actions
Content List:
- 1 Teacher's Guide with MSDS
- 30 Student Worksheets and Guides, Part I and Part II
- 120 3 Cotton-tipped swabs
- 30 6 Cotton-tipped swabs
- 30 Blind spot determiners
- 30 Metal probes
- 15 Taste solution dishes
- 15 Styrofoam ball pin holders
- 2 Bottles of Bitter Solution
- 2 Bottles of Salty solution
- 2 Bottles of Sour solution
- 2 Bottles of Sweet solution
- 2 Drop controlled bottles of Perfume
- 2 Vials of oil of Cloves
- 2 Vials of Oil of peppermint
- 1 Package of straight pins
- 1 Package of bristles
- 30 Inhalers
Classroom Planning:
- To complete this kit requires approximately one 50-minute class period.
- Number of students: 30
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