Secret Formulas: Cola Taste Test
The next "secret formula" that your student will be making is a cola. In
order to determine what tastes he likes best, when it comes to colas, have a blind taste test using three brands of Cola (such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi and a store brand). Give your student a cup of each of them; color coded, so you can tell them apart, but so he cannot. The results may be very interesting, and unexpected. Discuss which one is sweetest. Is one of them slightly bitter? Or sour? Which is the best tasting? Now ask him to guess which soda was which.
order to determine what tastes he likes best, when it comes to colas, have a blind taste test using three brands of Cola (such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi and a store brand). Give your student a cup of each of them; color coded, so you can tell them apart, but so he cannot. The results may be very interesting, and unexpected. Discuss which one is sweetest. Is one of them slightly bitter? Or sour? Which is the best tasting? Now ask him to guess which soda was which. Related Posts:
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- GEMS Guide Secret Formulas Grades 1–3 Students eagerly investigate the properties of substances as they make their own personal brands of paste, toothpaste, cola, and ice cream. The activities have been designed to convey key science/mathematics skills and concepts, provide motivating real-life experiences with chemistry, and build comprehension of cause and effect, central to later understanding of controlled experimentation. Secret Formulas speaks to the need expressed by many primary school teachers for more high-quality physical science activities.
