My Science Investigation

LI: to research about the taste buds of the tongue.

Our focus this week was based off of looking at the different tase buds located on the tongue. First we looked at our prior knowledge of taste buds. After doing so, we filled out the table that had steps 1-7. We looked at the investigation/research part. After that, we came up with questions that we wanted to be answered at the end of the experiment. Then we wrote down our hypothesis (what we think the answers to our questions are). 

Next we did some research about the taste buds and how sensitive they can be. The five taste buds are: sour, sweet, bitter, salt and savory. How these taste buds work is when the food/drink makes contact with your taste buds, the taste buds will know what the taste will be depending on the type of food/drink. For example: if I drink lemon juice, the lemon juice will make contact with the sour taste buds and notify my brain of the taste. 

To find out the taste of certain solutions, we got spoons and put the different solutions on them. Then we tasted the solutions. If the majority of us had the same taste, we put a tick on the part where we tasted. If someone didn't have the same taste as us, we wrote down their name. This gave us a conclusion of how everyone has different taste buds. 

I enjoyed this weeks science project because it taught me things I did not know about the tongue.