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Sensory receptors and smell

In this activity students look first at the way that the sense of smell connects to the brain and how these impulses from the olfactory membrane can provoke strong emotional memories. In a second activity students collect information about the four types of sensory receptors and arrange in a diagram using SOLO hexagons and their own personal annotations. Why is smell more important than you think? Look at the diagram...

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