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Bread Sensory Investigation

Can your senses help you compare two breads fairly? Work in a group and record evidence, not guesses. Safety first: check ingredients and allergies with an adult before handling food. Wash your hands. Tasting is optional; do not taste if you have an allergy, dietary restriction or simply do not want to. You can leave taste questions blank. Use sight, smell and touch instead. Māori kupu: kakara = smell or aroma; reka = taste or flavour; ngohengohe = soft; mārō = hard.

Plan a fair sensory investigation

Use the same amount of each bread and compare them in the same order. Do not add toppings. Use precise describing words such as airy, dense, moist, dry, chewy, crisp, smooth, rough, mild, yeasty or nutty.

1.Which factor should you keep the same to make this comparison fair?

The size of each sample
The colour of the bread
The number of people in the group
The words you use to describe it

2.Write one prediction: Which sample do you think will feel softer, and what makes you think so?

Inspect A and B. Write observations rather than opinions. Taste only if it is safe and you freely choose to; otherwise leave that row blank.

Sample A — sight: colour, crust or holes in the crumb

Sample A — smell (kakara): what aroma do you notice?

Sample A — touch: describe the texture

Sample A — optional taste (reka): describe the flavour

Sample B — sight: colour, crust or holes in the crumb

Sample B — smell (kakara): what aroma do you notice?

Sample B — touch: describe the texture

Sample B — optional taste (reka): describe the flavour

3.Choose the observation that is strongest scientific evidence.

Bread A is the best because I like it.
Bread B feels springier when gently pressed than bread A.
Bread A looks boring.
Bread B is definitely fresher because it is darker.

4.Complete with an observation from your log: “Compared with sample ___, sample ___ was more ___ because I noticed ___.”

5.True or false: If two people describe the same bread differently, at least one person must be wrong.

TrueFalse

6.Replace the vague word “nice” with two precise sensory adjectives that could describe bread. Give one example observation for either adjective.

7.A student says, “Sample A must taste sweeter because it smells sweeter.” What is the problem with this conclusion?

8.Fill in the blank: A test is more reliable when we repeat an observation and check whether the result is .

9.If you could improve this investigation, what would you measure or record more carefully? Explain how it would help.

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