Curated OER
Digestive System
In this digestive system worksheet, learners answer a list of true/ false questions. The students answer questions based on their knowledge of each process of the digestive system.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Do You Love the Taste of Food? Find Out if You're a Supertaster
To supertasters, the flavors of foods are much stronger than to average tasters. This can explain why some people are more picky about their food than others, because they experiences tastes in a much stronger form. Find out if you are a...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Stick Out Your Tongue and Say Aah!
This illustrated tongue tutorial shows that this organ is used for more than just talking (and tongue twisters). Features include Spanish version and links to related human body topics.
Other
Cardiff University: The Physiology of Taste: Taste (Gustation)
This is a tutorial on the sense of taste. It provides a detailed description of the taste buds and the chemistry involved in taste.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: The Sense of Taste
In this interactive object, learners examine the structure and function of the sense of taste.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Tongue
Salty, sour, sweet - you couldn't taste any of that without a tongue. Find out how your tongue works in this movie and activity guide. [6:02]
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: The Tongue, a Sense of Taste
This lesson plan allows students to investigate the four taste sensations and the receptors on the tongue.