Purpose
This experiment demonstrates how foods taste.
Gatorade
Materials
• small sampling cups with lids (2 oz size is ideal)
• Gatorade (lemon-lime flavor and orange flavor)
• red food color
Procedure
1. Add a few drops ofred food coloring to lemon-lime
flavored Gatorade. Mix until the colorresembles the
orange of orange flavored Gatorade.
2. Pourthe two orange-colored Gatorades, lemon-lime
and orange, into sampling cups. Label each cup
using a code to identify each type of drink.
3. Give students both samples.
4. Ask the student to pinch his or her nose and taste
each Gatorade sample. Record the response.
5. Ask the student to release his or her nose and taste
each Gatorade sample. Record the response.