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Warm-Up 2/27/2012. What are your special senses? (HINT: There are 5). How was your BREAK?!?. Any FUN or EXCITING stories?. An Introduction to Special Senses. Characteristics of your Special Senses. EITHER. Large, complex sensory organs Localized clusters of receptors. OR.
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Warm-Up 2/27/2012 What are your special senses? (HINT: There are 5)
How was your BREAK?!? Any FUN or EXCITING stories?
Characteristics of your Special Senses EITHER • Large, complex sensory organs • Localized clusters of receptors OR
Your TRADITIONAL senses Smell Why Not touch? Taste SPECIAL SENSES Sight Hearing
Why not touch? TOUCH IS A MIXTURE OF GENERAL SENSES THAT INCORPORATE TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, AND PAIN RECEPTORS IN THE SKIN AND PROPRIOCEPTORS OF MUSCLES AND JOINTS.
What About that 5th Sense? The 5th sense is EQUILIBRIUM which is located in the ear with your sense of hearing.
Intro to Senses Word Search Within your word search are 30 terms from Chapter 8. Find the terms and on the back define each term in your OWN words. (HINT: They may be the highlighted or italicized words!)
Homework Create a rhyming SENSE poem Your poem will address one sense per line. TOTAL 6 LINES INCLUDE: sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch, and equilibrium