How Many Tastes Are There?

LIFE SCIENCES

Curiosity trigger

Students are going to become gourmets and will identify tastes by touching cotton buds dipped in various solutions on their tongue and by trying samples of food. They will find out what umami tastes like and whether they can name tastes with their eyes closed.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Critical thinking and drawing conclusion

In this lesson, you will cover:

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS:
4-LS1-1. Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

You will need

plastic cups containing solutions (e.g. water + salt, water + lemon juice), small pieces of vegetable/fruit, small pieces of various types of food (e.g. olives, cheese, banana)

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Authors

Authors: Eliza Kostyra, Grażyna Wasiak-Zys
Methodology: Urszula Wojtowicz
Translation: George Lisowski
Proofreading: Ursula O'Donoghue
Producer: Marta Przywara

Source

This lesson plan is a modified version of one created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.

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