Science Secrets · Drawing 30 of 40
My Nose Helps with Flavour
The Human Body
When you eat an orange, your tongue senses tastes, like sweet or sour, and your nose senses smells. Your brain puts them together. So your nose helps you enjoy the flavour too!
Did you know?
When a cold stuffs up your nose, food seems to have less flavour.
Look together
What do you notice about an orange’s smell?
An idea to try
With an adult, look at, smell and taste a familiar food you can eat. Describe the three experiences.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
Perceived flavour combines taste, smell and other sensations. The scene does not show a tongue-zone map; sensory experiences and abilities vary.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
Simplified scene and shapes. Models, imagined comparisons and enlargements do not preserve all real measurements.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- Nemours KidsHealth: Your NoseThe nose is a big part of why we can taste things: smell and taste go together, because odours from food let us taste more fully.
Page prepared on October 12, 2026. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
This drawing is from the book Science Secrets to Colour
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