Sense of Smelling- Wonder Time

This week Dr. Zhanna taught us about sense of smell. This smell begins with our noses. All kinds of smells are floating in the air around us. When we take a breath of air, we take in lots of smells. The air carrying the smells goes into our nose. It moves deep inside our head and into our nasal cavity. There are millions of tiny little hairs inside our nasal cavity. These special hairs “catch” the floating smells. The hairs send message right to our brain that tells us what the smells are. Dr. Zhanna told us that some smells are good, some are bad, and some smells are dangerous.  The smell of flowers or cupcake is a good smell.  A scared skunk gives off a very bad smell. Food that is rotten smells bad. The brain gets the message and tells us not to eat it. Some smells are very strong. The smell of onion can make someone cry. The smell of smoke warns us of danger. 

Like other senses, sense of smell helps us to learn about the world and keeps us safe.
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Elephants have such long noses- trunks. How do elephants use their trunks?
Elephants use their trunks to smell even give and to push and pull. They pick up food and other small things with their trunks. they can also warn other elephants of danger by trumpeting through their trunks.  Elephants even give themselves baths with their trunks by sucking up water and spraying it over their heads.