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A Matter of Taste

This morning we used three of our senses to figure out what "A" and "B" cups contained.



We used our eyes to observe that both cups had white crystals.

We use our fingers to feel that both cups held things that felt rough.

The big differences came when we tasted. One was salty and one was sweet. Based on all of our observations we identified the substances as sugar and salt.

To finish up our discussion we named different salty or sweet snacks and talked about how different people like different tastes.
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