LIVE INTERACTIVE YOUR DESKTOP Thursday, March 8, :30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar: Chemistry Comes Alive!

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LIVE INTERACTIVE YOUR DESKTOP Thursday, March 8, :00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar: Chemistry Comes Alive!

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Our Presenters Dr. Lynn DienerDr. John Moore Journal of Chemical Education (JCE)

Today we will explore the chemistry of taste and odor using selected JCE resources Classroom Activity Featured Molecules Video

To taste, which is most important? A.Tongue B.Touch C.Sight D.Smell

The nose can distinguish 10,000 different scents 1% of our genes code for smell

Many chemicals we smell when we eat or sniff a flower are like this one: What is this chemical called? A. KetoneD. Ether B. EsterE. Alkene C. Carboxylic acid

The mouth tastes only 5 things -Sweet -Salty -Sour -Bitter -Umami

Example structures Sucrose (sweet) Strychnine (bitter) (S)-Glutamic Acid (umami) Sodium Chloride (salty) Ascorbic Acid (sour) Wouldn’t it be nice to see all sides of a molecule at once?

Which is bitter? CaffeineMaltose

You can do this in your classroom Using JCE DLib you can find two different molecules and ask students to point out similarities, or differences. Molecules can be rotated to show similar views of each. Space filling or ball-and-stick can be shown. SucroseMaltose

Cells in the mouth have different taste receptors G-protein-coupled receptors Sweet Bitter Umami Ion channels Salty Sour lllustration by William Oldham Taken from: u/vicb/Articles/LensSum mer2005/WhereAreTheN ewDrugs.htm Work by Rod MacKinnon Taken from: MacKinnon.htm

Fooling the tongue is easy… because there are only 5 tastes to mimic Sweet Sour Bitter Salty Umami A JCE Classroom Activity shows how.

Which is really applesauce? AB

Activity: making mock applesauce Need : –Cup –Crackers –Water –Sugar –Cream of tartar (or lemon juice)

Are you planning to do the activity along with us? A.Yes B.No C.Maybe

Try this Crumble 1 or 2 crackers into a dish Add 2 tsp water Add 1 tsp sugar Add 1/8 tsp cream of tartar (or lemon juice) Stir and taste

How do these ingredients simulate applesauce? Sweet (sugar) Sour (cream of tartar) Juicy (water) Texture (crackers)

Safety Matters All JCE classroom activities include safety considerations. For this activity make sure not to use lab equipment or perform the activity in a lab!

Variations Lemon juice or citric acid instead of cream of tartar Try adding cinnamon or nutmeg Use different crackers, saltine vs butter crackers Add vanilla flavoring

Extension: Bake a mock apple pie and a real apple pie Use the best filling recipe from the students Have a taste test, see who can tell the difference. Frozen pie crust works great!

Which one (or two) do you think was made with real apples?

Mmm, tastes like cherry! Artificial flavoring is big business.

Artificial flavoring Cheaper Purer and safer Often tastes just as good Active flavor is often chemically identical to the natural flavor Vanillin: artificial vanilla flavoring, taken from JCE DLib

Which product uses artificial flavor?

Another activity to try in class -sugar -vanilla extract -cinnamon -lime juice -club soda Have your students make cola using these ingredients: If you search for taste on the JCE index you will find more classroom activities and useful articles!

Chemical Education Digital Library (ChemEd DL)… is starting with resources from the JCE DLib, building on resources from the ACS Education Division and ChemCollective project, and will grow from there.

JCE QBank—Test Questions

JCE WebWare

JCE DLib Everything we used today can be found on the JCE DLib Please come and visit (after filling out the survey) Here is what to look for:

Go to and click on the K-12 audience pagehttp://nsdl.org Download this seminar’s companion guide with resources from the seminar and more! Expert Voices blog with our presenters:

THANK YOU! Dr. John Moore Dr. Lynn Diener Dr. Jon Holmes

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