Sense Organs

• We have five sense organs: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin.
• Eyes help us see; ears help us hear.
• Nose helps us smell; tongue helps us taste.
• Skin helps us feel (touch, heat, cold, pain).

Level 1 — Core idea

Verbal: Each sense organ sends a message to the brain about the world.

Symbolic: Eye → see, Ear → hear, Nose → smell, Tongue → taste, Skin → touch.

Visual: Draw a face and label eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and mark skin all over.

Level 2 — Going deeper

Some people cannot see or hear well. They use other senses more sharply to help, like reading Braille by touch.

NCERT anchor

NCERT Looking Around 3 discusses how we use our senses to observe plants and animals during nature walks.

You smell food cooking in the kitchen. Which sense organ helped you?

Step 1 — Smell is detected by the **nose**
Step 2 — Nose sends the message to the brain
Answer: **Nose** helped you smell the food ✓

You touch ice and feel it is cold. Which sense organ helped you?

Step 1 — Touch and temperature are felt by the **skin**
Step 2 — Skin sends signal 'cold' to the brain
Answer: **Skin** helped you feel the cold ✓

• Name the five sense organs.
• Which organ helps you taste sweet food?
• Which organ helps you hear a bell ring?
• Stretch: Why should we protect our eyes from bright sunlight?

Revision tip: Point to each sense organ on your own face and say its job aloud.

Open the Practice tab for graded questions on Sense Organs.