What's that Smell?

1. Recognize a Smell

We can recognize a wide variety of smells.
Some smells can stir up memories.
To demonstrate the sense of smell, collect several items that have distinctive smells such as:

lemon	orange peel	cedar wood	perfume
soaked cotton	banana	pine needles	chocolate
coffee	dirt	vanilla	garlic
onion	mint	vinegar	moth balls
rose flowers	saw dust	ginger	pencil shavings

Keep the items separated and enclosed in small plastic non-transparent containers so that the odors do not mix.
Put a blindfold on a student (or let him/her close the eyes) and ask the student to:

1. Identify the item by smell.
2. Rate the odor (strong, pleasant, neutral, [bad or good for young kids])
3. Tell about any memories associated with the smells.

2. Find the same smell

Collect pairs of items that smell and place them in containers that you cannot see through.
So you have two containers of either smelly item.
Poke holes into the top of the containers.
Mix up the containers and try to match the containers that have the same item.
When you have made your decisions, open up the containers and see how you did.

"Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived."