Have you ever tested your kinesthetic sense? This is important for any body movement and here's an experiment that will get you tuned into your kinesthetic sense.
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Instructions
STEP 1: Cover your eyes using the blindfold.
STEP 2: Using your hand touch your ear, now your eye, now your nose, now your lips.
Explanation
Thanks to your kinesthetic sense you never made a mistake. We have senses of touch, hearing, taste, sight, smell and another one called the kinesthetic sense that lets you know the location of every body part.
Jason Lindsey is a Science Outreach Educator for the Bootheel Youth Museum. Check out his Web site "Hooked On Science" at hookedonscience.org for webcasts and experiments that might get you hooked on science. Send him your science questions at jlindsey@bootheelyouthmuseum.org. More science experiments can be found at www.semissourian.com.
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