Science 3rd grade | UNIT 4: Our five senses 4.2 Taste and smell
A tongue has taste buds which sense tastes like salt and sweet, bitter and sour.
Taste works with smell to stop us from eating food that would make us ill.
If something smells bad it generally tastes bad too.
If your nose is blocked you cannot taste very well.
Some animals have small noses. Others have big noses.
Which of these animals do you think can smell things the best?
Animals which find their food on the ground have a good sense of smell.
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Activity 4.2 (Do you like or dislike this food?)
You will need: clean food samples on separate plates clean spoons - plates - blindfold
Blindfold a friend.
Ask them to taste each sample of food and say whether they like it or not.
Repeat the test but, this time, ask your friend to hold their nose so that they cannot smell the food. Does this affect how they taste the food?
Questions
1) What part of our body do we use to taste things?
2) What part of our body do we use to smell things?
3) Why do we need to smell and taste foods?