Curated OER
Advanced Critical Reading: Salt
In this critical reading learning exercise, students read a passage regarding salt then answer three questions based on the reading.
Curated OER
Sayings Quiz: Talking 1
In this English idioms quiz about talking, students interpret sayings about talking and complete sentences using them correctly.
Curated OER
Introducing Models to Elementary School Students
Students explore the concept of models. In this model instructional activity, students examine 3-dimensional models of various objects and body parts to better understand the natural world.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Measuring Your Taste Threshold
Some people are more susceptible to flavors than others. This experiment asks you to test your threshold for the three types of taste our tongues are capable of experiencing: salty, sweet, and sour.
PurposeGames
Purpose Games: The Tongue (Taste Buds)
Players will test their knowledge of the anatomy of the tongue by taking this 6 question quiz.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Tongue Map
Explore the sense of taste by testing and mapping the taste buds of the human tongue. Locate areas where the tongue senses sour, sweet, salty and bitter tastes.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Life's Little Questions: Why Are Peppers Hot?
Determine your sensitivity to taste by examining your tongue for the number of papillae, or taste buds, per centimeter. Investigate how capsaicin, the component that gives peppers their heat, can also be used as an anesthetic and pain...