Why Do We Need Saliva?

LIFE SCIENCES

Curiosity trigger

Students will find out when they salivate, check whether they can swallow something when they have a completely dry mouth, and observe during the experiment what their own saliva can digest.

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

Cotton swabs, cups of water, cocoa, potato starch, test tubes.

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Authors

Authors: Olga Lasek, Paweł Górka
Methodology: Karolina Hanus
Translation: George Lisowski
Producer: Marta Przywara

Source

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

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