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Stick Out Your Tongue

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Students explore their sense of taste and recognize good foods to eat. In this tasting lesson, students recognize that their tongue has taste buds for different types of tastes. Students create a bar graph showing their favorite taste ( sour, sweet, salty, bitter).

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taste buds, sense of taste, the five senses

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five senses, taste buds, programs
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K
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Math
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