Break-out Plan # 6

Date: November 1st, 2018

Break-out Title/Topic: Taste and Smell Resources Time
Bridge-in:
 Learning about sensation and perception is very cool because there are so
many different perspectives and ways to view concepts- that being because
everyone experiences and interprets life differently.
 Today we are going to experiment a little with your sense of taste, and then
see how you can apply your knowledge in a real world example
1min
Pre-Assessment:
 Who can list the five senses for me?
 Now how do you determine or interpret these senses? [ex: smelling with
nose, breathing in deeply]
 How subjective do you think your beliefs about your senses are?
4min
Learning Objective:
 Being able to apply prior knowledge about taste and smell to answer a real
world example worksheet
 Realize that our perceptions and sensations are extremely subjective and
unique to us
.5min
Participatory Activity:
1. Students will form into a larger circle on the ground, with the mentor seated
towards the middle.
2. Mentor will give 4 jelly beans at a time to one student, first asking them to
hold their nose and trying to guess the flavor of one jelly bean. Then tasting
the second but with keeping their noses open. [in each round the bean flavors
will be the same, the goal being to show the influence that smell can have on
taste] [using blindfolds would make it more difficult for them to identify the
bean type].
3. After every student [or a majority of them depending on time] have done this, -worksheets
they will then move on to the worksheet. provided by
4. Students will break off into two smaller groups to work on this activity. practicum
5. Each group will work through and solve the four questions of the worksheet. professor
6. After completing the worksheet, one student will be designated to turn the -something to
papers in at the end of the break out to the professor. write with
-jelly beans 25min
Post-Assessment:
 Post-assessment will be determined by the accuracy of answers on the
worksheet.
.5min
Summary:
 Integrating a fun activity to introduce some of the limitations of our senses
and perceptions.
.5min