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Study Jams! The Senses: Tasting
Mmmmmmm, here is a tasty little slide show to use when introducing upper-elementary learners to the sense of taste. Photographs and detailed computer images accompany explanatory text about how the taste buds and the nose send signals to...
University of Georgia
Flavor of Organic Chemistry
Introduce organic chemistry through an analysis of flavor. A three-part unit begins with an overview of the components of flavor. Next, scholars prepare esters through esterification. Finally, they examine how all senses have an impact...
Curated OER
Sense of Taste
Students swab different sections of the tongue to identify taste buds. In this sense of taste lesson plan, students make predictions and conduct an experiment. Students experiment with a variety of flavors and discuss results of the...
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Taste Buds
Students investigate taste buds. In this taste buds lesson, students identify the four basic taste buds and their locations on our tongue. Students participate in an experiment to investigate how our taste buds work.
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Throw it Out! (The Senses)
In this senses activity, students read a group of words and determine which word doesn't belong with the others. Students must explain why they chose the word to exclude. This activity has 8 short answer questions.
Curated OER
Skin, Tongue and Nose
In this skin, tongue, and nose learning exercise, students answer multiple choice and short answer questions about the skin, tongue, and nose. students complete 19 questions.
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Sense of Taste
Learners discover their sense of taste. In this taste lesson plan, students view a tongue poster which shows what areas of the tongue are responsible for sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. They taste four different foods under these...
Curated OER
Genes
In this genes activity, students answer yes or no to questions about their genes involving their tongue, ears, eyes, and fingers. Students complete 4 questions.
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Taste Test
Third graders, in groups, complete a science lab in which they perform a blind taste test on eight different foods--some sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. They determine which parts of the tongue "taste" which kinds of foods. they record...
Curated OER
The Making of an Organ
Students examine and research how cells make up our organs. They create a model of a tongue showing cells, tissues and the organ.
Study Stack
Lingual Miscules
For this tongue worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle by filling in the 7 terms that match the clues given. All questions relate to the tongue, its structure, and the functions.
Study Stack
Palatal Muscles
In this tongue worksheet, high schoolers complete a crossword puzzle by correctly placing into the puzzle 8 terms associated with the tongue and palate.
Curated OER
Gastrointestinal
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms pertaining to the gastrointestinal system of the body. There are 33 biology terms located in the word search.
Curated OER
Sense of Taste and the Tongue
Students taste different foods and record their reaction to each one. They record their likes, dislikes, and favorites and create a graph. Then they use the graph to compare the tastes of the class.