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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: The Sense of Taste

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive object, learners examine the structure and function of the sense of taste.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Your Sense of Smell

For Students 3rd - 8th
Dinner is cooking and boy does it smell good. Understand how our sense of smell works at this Exploratorium site.
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Cardiff University: The Physiology of Taste: Taste (Gustation)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a tutorial on the sense of taste. It provides a detailed description of the taste buds and the chemistry involved in taste.
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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: How the Five Senses Change With Age

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the link between anatomical changes related to aging and sensory loss. Delves into the problems associated with each of the five senses.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Your Sense of Taste

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the taste receptors on your tongue in this Life Saver tasting experiment.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Do You Have the Willpower to Taste Something Sour?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do try this mouth-puckering science fair project to find out if people of all ages love sour tastes, or if there a difference between the sour preferences of kids and adults. You might be able to sell creations of your own based on your...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Taste and Smell

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Imagine you open a gallon of milk, and you suddenly smell a foul odor. Your sense of smell has informed you that the milk has spoiled. So you pour the spoiled milk...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: The Human Body: The Senses: Tasting

For Students 3rd - 6th
Self-playing slideshow, with an accompaning quiz, explains our sense of taste.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Science of Taste

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the sense of taste. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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PBS

Newton's Apple: Taste and Smell

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Discusses the senses of smell and taste and describes their interconnectedness. Provides an activity to investigate the interactive nature of taste and smell.
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PBS

Pbs Nova: Tour the Tongue

For Students 9th - 10th
This audio interactive helps us learn how our sense of taste works, what happens in our brain as we eat, and why we have the ability to detect flavors like bitter and sweet. Discover why we only have five basic taste sensations: sweet,...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Sound Bites: Tasting the Texture of Classical Music

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that your sense of hearing can determine texture? This Science Buddies science fair project has you experiment with four major eras in western music to determine the texture of the music. The Science Buddies project ideas...
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Read Works

Read Works: Sense and Sensibility

For Students 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the sense of smell and the sense of taste. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Can You Taste It?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Few people are aware of how crucial the sense of smell is to identifying foods, or the adaptive value of being able to identify a food as being familiar and therefore safe to eat. In this activity and activity, students conduct an...
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University of Washington

University of Washington: That's Tasty

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource goes into great detail describing the sense of taste through pictures, links, and solid information.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science of Cooking: Your Sense of Taste

For Students 3rd - 8th
How does your tongue taste? This site has tounge images, quizzes, activities and more.
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Using Our Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson plan site delves into the senses of smell, touch, taste, sight, and hearing. Students will be able to describe the ways senses affect their lives and how a pediatrician uses his/her senses to examine patients.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Taste and Smell Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 10-question quiz pertaining to taste and smell.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: The Tongue, a Sense of Taste

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This lesson plan allows students to investigate the four taste sensations and the receptors on the tongue.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tickle My Taste Buds

For Students Pre-K - K
This engaging interactive helps children learn that different foods have different tastes.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.52 Taste and Smell

For Students 5th - 9th
Understand the human senses of taste and smell.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Taste a Smell Test

For Students 1st - 5th
Take the jellybean test to see how your sense of smell enhances taste.
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Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Merck Manual: Smell and Taste Disorders

For Students 9th - 10th
The Merck Manual offers an interesting article that describes ways in which your sense of smell can be affected. Diagnosis and treatment for loss of smell are also discussed.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Senses Taste

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes our sense of taste and asks some fun questions.

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