Sense of smell

Week: Eight

Topic: Sense of smell

Objectives: Pupils should be able to:

1. identify the part of the body used for smelling things.

2. smelling with the nose detect various odours.

3. identify things with pleasant and unpleasant smells.

Reference material: Textbook, charts and pictures.

Content:

Sense of smelling

The sense of smell is the nose. The nose helps us perceive pleasant and unpleasant odours in our environment.

Identification of pleasant and unpleasant smells Examples of pleasant smell

1. Fruits e.g. banana, oranges, mango etc.

2. Flowers, leaves, socks, kerosene

3. Onion, coffee,

Examples of unpleasant smell

1. Perfume.

2. Commercial insecticides.

Evaluation:

Give two examples of pleasant and unpleasant smells each