This kit provokes a personal interest as students identify response areas on their bodies. They become aware of their sensory perceptions and the physiological characteristics of the body receptors.
- “Mapping” the taste sensations of sweet, salty, bitter and sour
- Determine olfactory fatigue and recovery times by inhaling different odors
- Discovers hot and cold nerve endings as they "map" a section of skin
- Locating nerve endings for touch (pressure) and pain
- Determining the two-point threshold of various parts of the body
- Investigating blind spots, dominant eye, visual accommodation, near point of vision and after image
- Experiments with flex actions