What If Humans Had the Super Senses of Animals?

Cosmo explores how human senses compare to animals with extremely keen senses. Students will compare their eyesight with an eagle’s, their sense of hearing with a moth, their sense of touch with a star-nosed mole, their sense of smell with an elephant, and their sense of taste with a catfish. Would you like to have eyes that fill up half your head? Or would you like to taste everything that you touch?

Topic: Needs and Characteristics of Living Things

Cosmorriculum: 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 3.2, 3.3

Investigate and compare the basic needs of humans and other living thing
Investigate and compare the physical characteristics of a variety of living things
Investigate characteristics of parts of the human body, including the five sense organs, and explain how they help humans meet their needs and explore the world around them
Identify the physical characteristics of a variety of plants and animals