Flamingoes Exploring the Sense of Taste

Flamingoes Exploring the Sense of Taste

The Flamingoes learned about the sense of taste  and their taste buds !!! The children were given the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes. They were blindfolded and  they got to taste various ingredients. They described what it taste like -  sour, bitter, sweet or salty . Then they guessed what they think it is. They had fun with  the taste experiment and many did not want it to end !!!!

We talked about how our senses work together eg. we use our  sense of smell when tasting different flavors. So when we can't see the food or smell it, often we  can't guess what we are eating.

Purpose:

To learn that the taste buds on their tongue helps them to taste and that it works together with the nose and eyes.

To explore and develop their  sense of taste( gustatory Sense)

To taste and predict various flavours( discrimination of tastes)

To be able to name the different tastes

Connection to Lpfö:

Develop their understanding of science and awareness of their own body.

Develop their ability to distinguish, explore, document, put questions about and talk about science.