This post is for AHG families and anyone else that wants to follow along without experiments.

REQUIREMENT #1
If your child missed last week, we did requirement 1 on the Kitchen Scientist badge. You can get a copy of the tongue diagram we used here:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/tongue/label/labeltongue.shtml
and here for the answers:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/tongue/label/labeltongueanswers.shtml

I set up four cups of mysterious drinks for testing.
1. sugar water (sweet)
2. lemon water (sour)
3. salt water (salty)
4. bitter water (cooled black coffee)

After they took a small taste, they identified which category these would be and labelled their cups. Then, they stuck their finger in and tested each substance on different locations of their tongue. They found that some areas were more sensitive to the different tastes. :-)