DETAILED LESSON PLAN

I. OBJECTIVES

a. Label the parts of the tongue.

b. Identify the parts of the tongue that senses different tastes.
c. Show that the taste buds cover the tongue.

II. SUBJECT MATTER:

The Tongue and the Different Tastes

A. Concepts
1. The tongue senses different tastes.
2. Tastes areas are sensitive to bitter taste, sour taste,
salty taste, and sweet taste.
3. The tongue covered the taste buds.
4. The nerve connected to the taste buds send
messages to the brain.

B. References:

Science 3 Textbook page 53;

C. Materials:

Picture of tongue with label, candy, ampalaya,

vinegar or kalamansi, salt, popsicle sticks

III. PROCEDURE:

A. Preparatory Activities

1. Prayer

Before we start our lesson, may we Ok ma’am.

have Remalyn to lead a prayer

2. Checking of Attendance

May I know who is absent today No one is absent ma’am.

Miss secretary.

3. Health inspection

Before we proceed with our lesson,

let’s first have our health
inspection.
May I request your classroom
leader to help me check or inspect
your finger nails?
Answer: to avoid diseases ma’am.
Ask: Class why is it important for
us to check or inspect our finger
nails and other parts of our body?

Answer: to be healthy always,

Ask: What else? ma’am.

Answer: brush your teeth, comb

Ask: What is the best thing that we your hair, take a bath everyday, eat
should do everyday? healthy foods

B. Motivation
Answer: the taste buds ma’am
Ask: Class when you eat and chew
the food you eat, what helps you tell
the taste of that food?

Ask: Ok, that’s correct

C. Lesson Proper

Ask: Answer: the taste buds are sensory

Class, what is your idea about the organs that are found in our
taste buds? tongueand allow us to experience
the tastes that are sweet, salty,
sour, and bitter

Have the pupils examine their

tongue with the use of a popsicle
stick .
Answer: Me ma’am
Ask: Class who among you tried to
check their tongue infront of a
mirror?
Answer: pink color, tiny bumps
Ask:What do you see on your
tongue?

.
See all those bumps class are called
PAPILLAE, and most of them
contain taste buds.
Answer: By chewing the food we
Ask: How do you think the tongue eat, by licking the food.
can distinguish sweet from sour
taste, salty from bitter?

Class did you know that our taste

buds help us appreciate the saltiness
of bagoong, the sweetness of
chocolate s and candies? Even the
sour taste of lemons and the
bitterness of a bittergourd.

Present pictures of food.

Conduct a taste test. Blindfold

several pupils and ask them to
identify the tastes by doing the
following:

Ask: May I call on 4 pupils to come

infront and have a taste test.

a) Taste the candy, ampalaya,

vinegar and salt.

b) Ask some pupils to taste one

food and tell its taste.

sweet, bitter, sour, salty

Answer: by eating the food; by
Ask: How do you taste food? chewing the food; by sucking
the food

Class, did you know that our taste

buds have very sensitive
microscopic hairs? We called these
the MICROVILLI.

Those tiny hairs send messages to

the brain about how something
tastes, so we know, if it’so sweet,
sour, bitter, or salty.
 Answer: the tongue and our taste
What do you use for testing the buds ma’am.
taste of different foods?

4. Present the map of tongue

showing the areas where in the
different taste are sensed.

Ask:
Answer: Sweet, bitter, salty, and
1. W sour ma’am
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2.
3.

1. What are the different tastes of

food?

2. Which part of the tongue has

the taste buds sensitive to sweet
food? Sour? Bitter? Salty?

IV. EVALUATION:

1. The surface of the (tongue, nose, eyes, ears ) has

taste buds.
2. The sweet taste is recognized on the (tip, back, side,
near tip) of the tongue.
3. The bitterness of ampalaya can be identified by the
(tip, back, side, near back) of the tongue.
 4. The salty bagoong can be tasted through the (tip,
back, side, near back) of the tounge.
5. Maria ate tamarid candy. The sour taste can be
recognized by by the (tip, near back, back, at the
middle ) of the tongue.

V. ASSIGNMENT:
Complete the table using the four areas of the tongue. Put a
check ( / ).

Parts of the tongue

Taste Side near

tip back

the tip the back

Bitter

Salty

Sour

Sweet