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The Franklin Institute

In Quiry Almanack: Tasting

For Students 9th - 10th
Interest students in learning about the sense of taste with this mouth watering site. Offers activities to use in the classroom as well as scientific research.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Smelling and Tasting

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of smelling and tasting. Two senses of the human body.
Unit Plan
SEDL

Sedl: Five Senses

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Elementary students will gain great insight into the workings of our five senses through this collection of detailed, integrated lesson plans for grades K-3. Each lesson contains a list of needed materials, hands-on explorations...
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Introduction to the Senses

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan allows students to investigate body parts associated with each of the five senses.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Sid the Science Kid: I Sense

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Listen carefully. Can you answer Sid's questions about the five senses?
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Senses

For Students K - 1st
In the following activities students can learn about the basic characteristics and structures of the brain, skull and sensory system; investigate sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch; and discover how the brain and the senses are...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Nose Knows Smell but How About Taste?

For Students 3rd - 8th
As if sniffles and clogged sinuses are bad enough, everything seems to taste bland and flavorless when we are sick. Gather up a few volunteers, hit the kitchen, and try this experiment to find out if there is really truth to the idea...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Pet Poll: A Taste Test for Fluffy and Fido

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this mammalian biology science fair project, students will determine which brand, type, or flavor of treats their pet prefers. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Measuring Your Taste Threshold

For Students 9th - 10th
Some people are more susceptible to flavors than others. This experiment asks you to test your threshold for the three types of taste our tongues are capable of experiencing: salty, sweet, and sour.
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University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: My Body My Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teacher's guide introduces children to the human body and the five senses and covers the major body parts and what they do. Children also will use their five senses to learn about the world.
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The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute Online: Coming to Our Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Help students make "Sense," of their senses by using them in the classroom. Site provides discovery activities students can do on themselves, in their classrooms and around campus. A scavenger hunt is also provided.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 3 10 14: Let's Play . . . Musical Ice Creams?

For Students 5th - 8th
Learn about something called Lickestra and how its creators have found a fun way to create a new experience with their senses of taste and hearing. Includes video. [3:02]
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University of Washington

The Senses

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site has a collection of learning activities, games, experiments, and lesson plans on the five senses. Organized by grade level and topic, this site is packed with an assortment of interactive and engaging activities, that would...
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University of Washington

Taste: Activities, Experiments Models and More

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site has an directions for an exercise called "Tasty activities." Tasty Buds is just the first of many cool activities exploring one of the five senses. The grade levels for the activities vary so keep searching for your best fit.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Senses

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text with printable notes, animations, video clips, and practice problems students discover the function of the sensory structures in the human body.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Old Salty: Does Age Affect the Ability to Detect Salt?

For Students 6th - 8th
Sauerkraut, pickled fish, pickled vegetables, kimchi, corned beef, processed cheeses, smoked lunch meats. Do you like these high-salt foods? What about your grandparents, do they? Do your grandparents seem to like most foods to be a bit...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Perception

For Students 9th - 10th
Try one of these 33 perception activities in your classroom.
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Treehut

Suzy's World: Taste

For Students 3rd - 5th
At this site from Suzy's World by Suzy Cato, you can find out how your mouth works and try an experiment involving taste.
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: The Investigation of the Taste Buds

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan allows students to taste sugar, baking soda, vinegar, and salt, which are then categorized as salty, sour, bitter, and sweet.
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Michigan Reach Out

Taste Buds

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan students discover where different tastes are located on the tongue.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Revision Notes on the Five Senses

For Students 4th - 7th
Learn how the sense organs are structured and how they function to provide you with five senses.
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abcteach

Abcteach: Senses Flashcards

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Colorful flashcards of the 5 senses with your choice of Arial or D'Nealian lettering.
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National Institutes of Health

Nidcd: Smell Disorders

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the sense of smell and disorders associated with smell. The site provides information on what makes our sense of smell work, what smell disorders are, what causes these disorders, and whether these disorders may be...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: A Tasty Experiment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students conduct an experiment to determine whether or not the sense of smell is important to being able to recognize foods by taste. They do this by attempting to identify several different foods that have similar textures. For some of...

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