Your Tongue Tastes!

Lab Brief #4

🎯 Your mission

Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.

⚡ The twist

Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.

What you'll learn

Your tongue helps you taste food. Some things taste sweet, some taste sour!

Key words · 1 of 2

taste
The sense that lets your tongue notice flavors in food.
sweet
Having a sugary taste, like candy or fruit.

Key words · 2 of 2

sour
A sharp, tangy taste, like lemon, often from an acid.

Make a hypothesis first

Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Step 1 of 4 · Read

Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?

Step 2 of 4 · Do

Smell three different things (a flower, soap, food). Which is your favorite?

Step 3 of 4 · Observe

Did anything change? Point to what is different.

Step 4 of 4 · Record

Point to the things you used in the activity.

Question 1 of 3

Do you use your tongue to taste?

Question 2 of 3

Is a lemon sweet or sour?

Question 3 of 3

Can you taste with your fingers?

Mind = blown

🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 3 right.

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