Science, Life Science
Grade 1- 3
Students learn the location of different taste buds in their mouths.
- Tell students that taste buds cover their tongues. The interesting thing about a taste bud is that its location in the mouth determines how something will taste when that item touches the taste bud.
- Have students try this experiment to find the different locations.
- Ask the students to sprinkle a little sugar on their tongues, paying attention to where the sugar is when they taste it. This is where their taste buds for sweet foods are located.
- Do the same with the remaining materials, one at a time. Lemon juice will find their sour buds, salt will find their salt buds, and tonic water will find their bitter buds.
- Have the students color the tongue pattern according to the directions on the page.
- Have students cut out the mouth on the face pattern and insert the tongue through the mouth. Then they can glue the tongue in place.
- Taste Buds pattern (one per student)
- lemon juice
- tonic water