Mmm, That’s Tasty!

Mmm, That’s Tasty! by Neville Gardner

School Journal June 2012

WALT: Begin to use a range of scientific symbols, conventions, and vocabulary.

SC:      Complete a small science report on the taste + smell experiment

1. There are 5 main flavour receptors. Sweet, Salty, Bitter, Sour and Umami.

List some foods fit each of the flavour receptors.  SHARE

Bitter	Coffee
Salty	Salt
Sour	Lemon, Zombie chew
Sweet	Chocolate,Lollies,Fizzy Drink
Umami (savoury)	Mince and savoury,Chicken and savoury

2. Record the words you didn’t know before. Add a picture or sentence to describe what they mean.

WORD	MEANING
Papillae (p.26)	any small, nipplelike process or projection.
Receptor (p.26 )	Physiology. an end organ or a group of end organs of sensory or afferent neurons, specialized to be sensitive to stimulating agents, as touch or heat.
texture (p.25)	the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface
recognise (p.28)	to identify as something or someone previously seen.

3. On Page 29, there is the great jelly bean challenge. Mrs Parker will provide you with some Jelly Beans (or other items) to complete this task. SHARE
   Use the template for a science report below to write what you did, and what you found.

Question: Do our taste buds require smell?

Hypothesis: No taste in the jelly bean.

Materials:

• Hands/Blind fold
• Mouth
• Jelly bean

Procedure:

• Blindfold
• Block nose
• Put jelly bean in your mouth and chew.

Observations: I closed my eyes and blocked my nose, i put the jelly bean in my mouth and the first flavour i tasted  was pineapple flavour.Then when i unblocked my nose i tasted feijoa and got it right.

 

Conclusion:  My hypothesis was wrong.

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