Summary
There's more to your nose than sniffing. Chloe and Nurb explain how your nose warms, moistens, and cleans the air on its way to your lungs, and how it senses thousands of different smells — and why smell and taste are such close partners.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Watch, then talk it over.
- What two big jobs does your nose do?
- How does a smell get from the air to your brain?
- Why do foods taste boring when your nose is stuffed up?
- What is a smell that warns you about danger, like something unsafe to eat?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: nose, smell, nostrils, mucus, senses
Try it: Close your eyes while a partner holds something with a smell nearby. Guess it by smell alone, then write how your nose and brain worked together.