The Five Senses
Your five superpowers
Duration: 2:02
See, hear, smell, taste, and touch: you have five amazing superpowers! Join our little explorer and discover your five senses, and how they talk to your brain.
In short
Your five senses are sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Your eyes see colors, shapes, and things that move. Your ears catch sounds, like a bird singing or a dog barking. Your nose smells things, from fresh cookies to stinky socks. Your tongue tastes sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. Your skin feels if something is soft or rough, hot or cold. Your senses are like messengers: they send messages to your brain, super fast, and your brain puts them together to tell you what is around you. Your senses also work as a team (when your nose is stuffed up, food does not taste the same) and they help keep you safe, like when your nose smells smoke or your ears hear a car coming.
What you will learn
- Sight: what your eyes can see
- Hearing: the sounds your ears catch
- Smell: what your nose can smell
- Taste: sweet, salty, sour, and bitter
- Touch: soft, rough, hot, and cold
- How your senses send messages to your brain
- How your senses work as a team and help keep you safe
Let's talk about it
Questions to ask after watching, at home or in class. Tap a question to see a short answer.
Which sense do you use to hear a bird singing?
Hearing! Your ears catch the sounds.
Why does food taste different when your nose is stuffed up?
Because your senses work as a team: your sense of smell helps you taste your food.
Where do your senses send their messages?
To your brain! It puts all the messages together and tells you what is around you.
