Mmm, That’s Tasty!

Mmm, That’s Tasty! by Neville Gardner

School Journal June 2012

WALT: Begin to use a range of scientific symbols, conventions, and vocabulary.

SC:      Complete a small science report on the taste + smell experiment

1. There are 5 main flavour receptors. Sweet, Salty, Bitter, Sour and Umami.

List some foods fit each of the flavour receptors.  SHARE

Bitter	Coffee
Salty	Salt
Sour	Lemon, Zombie chew
Sweet	Chocolate,Lollies,Fizzy Drink
Umami (savoury)	Mince and savoury,Chicken and savoury

2. Record the words you didn’t know before. Add a picture or sentence to describe what they mean.

WORD	MEANING
Papillae (p.26)	any small, nipplelike process or projection.
Receptor (p.26 )	Physiology. an end organ or a group of end organs of sensory or afferent neurons, specialized to be sensitive to stimulating agents, as touch or heat.
texture (p.25)	the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface
recognise (p.28)	to identify as something or someone previously seen.

3. On Page 29, there is the great jelly bean challenge. Mrs Parker will provide you with some Jelly Beans (or other items) to complete this task. SHARE
   Use the template for a science report below to write what you did, and what you found.

Question: Do our taste buds require smell?

Hypothesis: No taste in the jelly bean.

Materials:

• Hands/Blind fold
• Mouth
• Jelly bean

Procedure:

• Blindfold
• Block nose
• Put jelly bean in your mouth and chew.

Observations: I closed my eyes and blocked my nose, i put the jelly bean in my mouth and the first flavour i tasted  was pineapple flavour.Then when i unblocked my nose i tasted feijoa and got it right.

 

Conclusion:  My hypothesis was wrong.

ONLY share the answers/activities which have  SHARE next to them.

When sharing your work on your blog remember to write a sentence to explain what you read, and what the activity was.
Conference with your teacher before sharing.

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This activity was very hard but fun to do.

tree of Life by Feana Tuakoi

School Journal Part 3, Number 3, 2002

1. This story refers to the coconut tree as ‘the tree of life’.  Explain in as much detail as possible,  why it is the tree of life in your own words. SHARE
1. It is called the tree of life because because it provides people with shelter, food, all the things that will help them survive.

2. Explain the connection between the Tuna and the Coconut SHARE
1. Sina’s connection between tuna and the coconut was that people were planning to catch him for food and tuna promised sina that if he was killed she would bury his head in the sand.

Then sina watered the head every day and it turned into a coconut tree and the coconut tree gave sina everything she needed, food and drinks and oil for your body and hair.

WALT: Make inferences and search for hidden meanings

SC:      Think critically about the hidden meaning of the text.

milk	drinking, cookin
Shells	cups, bowls
leaves	ropes,mats, fans, bags, baskets
roots	fish traps

WORD	MEANING
Hollow (p.16)	not solid, empty
Monsieur (p.14)	the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man
Rhythm (p.15)	movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.

Lost Backpacker-Reading

Knowledge Questions: Learn

1. Where did Mr Chen go walking?Cheng Chen went for a walk in National Park, Ruapehu
2. What three things did Mr Chen NOT take with him on his walk?He did not take any gear food water.
3. How long did it take for anyone to notice that Mr Chen was missing?It took about three days to find Mr Chen.
4. It says “Mr Chen declined to elaborate further on his experience” What does elaborate mean?to add details to expand.

Discovering more information Questions: Learn

1. Imagine that you are Mr Chen and going for the same walk. Use the Department of Convservation website (www.doc.govt.nz) to find information on the Tupapakurua Falls Track that Mr Chen walked.
1. How long (distance) is the track, and how long (time) does it take to walk?Distance: 11 km return from Fishers Road parking area
2. Who is the track recommended for? National Park village.
3. What are the conditions of the track?Tupapakurua Falls lookout.
2. Read the Plan and Prepare section.
1. What two things does it recommend you do before your walk?Plan before you walk into the forest.
2. What five things does it recommend you take with you on your walk?Water,food,rain coat,Backpack,phone.

1. Why do you think Mr Chen was embarrassed to talk about his experience? Explain

He was too embarrassed because he did tell anyone where he was going and wasn't prepared.

Summarise:  Create,  Share

1. Using the information above, write an explanation in full paragraph format of Tupapakurua track, including:Chen went hiking to tupapakurua track and of the track, and on his hike he got lost in tupapakurua tracks.
1. operations of  what steps you should take before and during your hike.
2. any other special features including a picture of the track to accompany it.   

Write your explanation paragraphs here:

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