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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Your Nose Knows!



Can YOUR nose help YOU survive?



Materials: 4 clean jars
Milk

Method: Pour a quarter cup of milk in the first jar and date it. The next day do the same thing in the second jar. Date that one too. Do this the next day and the next. Leave the jars covered, at room temperature and exposed to some light.

Using your nose: On the fourth day get a willing friend to help you. Have your friend close her eyes and give her each of the jars to smell. Have him/ her rank the jars in order of how badly they smell. The old milk will smell bad and he/she will be repelled by it. The older it is the worse it will smell

Conclusion: This experiment helps you see why smell is important for human survival. Smells help us determine if food is safe to eat so before you take a bite out of your next meal let you nose test it first!
Source: http://www.essortment.com/science-experiments-kids-57143.html

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Making Sense of Scents......








Websites:











Books:

Smelling by Rebecca Rissman

Smelling and tasting by Alvin Silverstein J 612.86 SILVERS

The sense of smell by Mari Schuh J 612.86 SCHUH

What the nose knows : the science of scent in everyday life by Avery Gilbert 612.86 GILBERT

What is smell? by Jennifer Boothroyd E 612.86 BOOTHRO

A qué huele? : un libro sobre el olfato por Dana Meachen Rau INTL-SPA E 612.86 RAU

Science fair success with scents, aromas, and smells by Thomas R. Rybolt TEEN 612.8607 RYBOLT

How to make a mystery smell balloon by Lori Shores E 507.8 SHORES

Shocking, slimy, stinky, shiny science experiments by Steve Parker J 507.8 PARKER




Media:

All about the senses DVD J DVD-ED 612.8 ALL189

Smell my world J DVD-ED 612.86 SME884