4) Taste

What you need

*Not provided

    * Please ensure that you have an adult assistant with you at all times during this activity. 

    Step by Step

      1. Decide on 8 to 10 vegetables from the picture cards provided (You are strongly encouraged to select the 4 vegetables that are marked with an *). 

      2. Wash and prepare the vegetables that you have selected for tasting. 

      3. The vegetables on the picture cards with orange labels have to be steamed for 15 minutes before consuming. 

      4. While the vegetables are cooking, mark your guess of what each vegetable tastes like on the Blind Tasting Card. 

      5. Together with your adult assistant, cut the vegetables into bite-sized pieces. 

      6. Put on the blindfold and get your adult assistant to feed you one piece of vegetable at a time. 

      7. Compare your findings with the guess on the Blind Tasting Card. 

         

         

        What you need

        • Cotton Swabs*
        • 4 Small Cups*
        • Tongue Map  (Tap to download)
        • Unsweetened Baking Cocoa* 
        • Water* 
        • Lemon Juice* 
        • Salt* 
        • Honey* 

        Caution: Do not rub your eyes after touching the ingredients.

        * Please ensure that you have an adult assistant helping you during this activity. 

          Step by Step

          1. Put a little bit of lemon juice, honey, salt, and baking cocoa into each of the small cups provided. 

          2. Mix the salt and baking cocoa together with some water. 

          3. Make some predictions. Where on your tongue do you think each flavour will taste the strongest? Write down your predictions on the Tongue Map. 

          4. Have your adult assistant dip a cotton swab into one of the liquids and dab it on area A of your tongue. 

          5. Taste the liquid, then take a sip of water to clear your tongue of the taste. 

          6. Have your adult assistant dip a new cotton swab in the same liquid and dab it on area B of your tongue. Taste the liquid again and sip some water. Repeat the same procedure with area C and D of your tongue. 

          7. Which part of your tongue tasted the liquid the strongest? Record your answer on the Tongue Map.