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What kind of candy is William eating? To find out,
unscramble the letters in the "sweet" taste buds to
spell the answer.
The sense of taste starts with the
thousands of tiny taste buds on
your tongue. Taste buds are the
tiny bumps you can see if you
look in the mirror while holding a
magnifying glass to your tongue.
Taste Buds: The
Taste Detectors
Taste is our
weakest
sense. In
fact, our
sense of taste
needs the help
of our sense of
smell. Hold your nose
tight next time you eat
something. What can you
taste? Then let go of your
nose and try the same
food again. Food doesn't
have much taste when
your nose is closed or you
have a cold.
Smell and Taste
Together
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension:
Follow simple written directions.
When you are hungry
and you smell something
cooking, your mouth
begins to get wet with
saliva. That's why we
call something that smells
good mouth-watering.
In fact, your tongue must
be wet for the taste buds to
work. Here is an experiment
that shows this fact:
Mouth-watering
Experiment
Wipe your tongue dry
with a clean towel.
Now put a little sugar
on the driest part. Can
you taste it?
Your entire tongue can sense all tastes
equally. Your taste buds send taste
information to your brain.
Follow the instructions to color the tongue.
Salty: Color
the spaces with a
triangle in blue.
Bitter: Color
the spaces with a
circle in orange.
Sour: Color
the spaces with a
square in green.
Sweet: Color
the spaces with a
diamond in red.
Umami
(Savory):
Color the spaces
with a rectangle
in purple.
When a taste bud senses the kind of taste it is able to
detect, such as sweet or sour, it sends a message to the
brain. Some flavors are actually a combination of
several tastes. For example, the taste of chocolate is a
combination of the bitter taste of chocolate and the
sweet taste of sugar. The brain takes messages from the
bitter taste buds and the sweet taste buds, puts them
together and thinks, "Chocolate!"
Communication Central
Standards Link: Life Science/Health: Students recognize that body systems are interrelated.
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Five Basic Tastes
