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Your Sense of Taste ActivityYour Sense of Taste Activity
Publisher
Exploratorium
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Grade
4th - 6th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Activities & Projects
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
Instructional Strategy
Hands-on Activity
Activity

Your Sense of Taste

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet

A simple and sweet activity shows students how important smell is in interpreting flavor. Pairs of pupils hold their noses and eat Life Savers®, only to find that they can't identify the flavors until they let go. You will appreciate that this is an easy-to-implement and relatively clean taste-test activity to use in your senses curriculum.

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Concepts

sense of taste, the five senses

Additional Tags

taste, science

Pros

  • Learners are generally always receptive to any activity involving candy
  • Demonstrates the role the nose plays in the sense of taste

Cons

  • None

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