Enhanced Water Taste Test


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Learners conduct a "blind" taste-test of several types of enhanced or fitness water drinking water that has commercially added substances like vitamins, sugars, or herbs. As they sample unlabeled cups of water, learners collect data on how each type of water looks, smells, and tastes, and rank the samples from best-tasting to worst-tasting. Finally, learners guess the identity of the waters they tasted and see how close their guesses come to the facts. [Activity is publicly available through a web crawler capture on Archive.org.]

Quick Guide


Preparation Time:
Under 5 minutes

Learning Time:
10 to 30 minutes

Estimated Materials Cost:
$1 - $5 per group of students

Age Range:
Ages 8 - 14

Resource Type:
Activity

Language:
English

Materials List (per group of students)


  • various enhanced waters
  • cups
  • paper for data sheet

Subjects


  • Life Sciences
    • Human Body
      • Health and Nutrition
    • Human Senses and Perception
      • Taste
  • The Nature of Science
    • The Scientific Process
      • Conducting Investigations
      • Gathering Data

Informal Categories


  • Food and Cooking
  • Sports and Exercise

Audience


To use this activity, learners need to:

  • smell
  • taste

Learning styles supported:

  • Involves teamwork and communication skills
  • Links STEM to other topics of interest such as arts and humanities

Other


This resource is part of:

Access Rights:

  • Free access

By:

Source Collection

  • Science After School Consumer's Guide

Rights:

  • All rights reserved, Terrific Science Press, 2007

Funding Source:

  • SEPA, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, 1 R25 RR16301-01A1