Banana facts
LESSON ACTIVITY PLANS
Age group: 5 - 7 years
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Use these fact cards to learn a few interesting details about bananas. You may
wish to make multiple sets of cards and laminate them. They could be put in a
fruit basket/bowl or placed around the room. Ask each child to pick a random
card and share the facts with the rest of the class.
Cut along dotted line
A
N
A
BANCT 2
FA
A
N
A
BANCT 3
FA
Yo
e
uc
th
an
f
o
mak
pla
e clothes out w
nts
gro
on w
hich bananas
A
N
A
BANCT 4
FA
A
N
A
BANCT 5
FA
A
N
A
BANCT 6
FA
Ba
–
nan
es
e
a
r
s
ba
nan don’t grow on t erb
h
a pla
nts are a sort of
–
Ab
un
n
ch
ha
of b
a
ananas is called
as
ing
ger
le on
n
i
f
e is called a
e
Sp
ort
us
a
sp
c
be
the eople ea
s
a
n
t bana
y gi
rgy
e
ve q
n
uick bursts of e
d
A
N
A
BANCT 1
FA
Wil
e,
d ba
nanas have larg
hard
seeds inside
Ban
anas come from
South
East Asia
#
A
N
A
BANCT 10
FA
in
–
Ar
ela
a
tiv
nt
eo
a
l
wh f the banana is the p to
ich
ota
can b
e fried like a p
of
Pa
na
ma
A
N
A
N
BA CT 13
FA
s
ot
o
Dise
r
ase attacks the
banan
a plants
Th
e co
the
s
untr
y which grow
mos
t bananas is India
A
N
A
BANCT 11
FA
A
N
A
BANCT 9
FA
Th
e
ew
th
ord
om
bana
es fr
n
m
a
o
c
Ara
bic wo
er
rd for fing
A
N
A
BANCT 12
FA
ld
d
bu Ban
w, re
ana
ts
o
l
l
e
tar
s are
s
normally y ime
t of
t
f gre
en, and are some
A
N
A
BANCT 8
FA
Mo
r
re
ban
wo
e
ana
s are eaten in th
than
any other fruit
Th
s
e in
elp
side
h
of a banana skin
ma
ke in
hy
sect bites less itc
A
N
A
BANCT 14
FA
A
N
A
BANCT 15
FA
Th
t
ea
ea
ver
n
i
age
person in Brita
100
bananas a year!
s
A
N
A
BANCT 7
FA
Th
e in
an
c
side
skin
o
be u f a banana s
e
sed to
polish sho
n
Ov
e
er
at
five
e
e
billio
r
n bananas a
in B
ritain each year
A
N
A
BANCT 19
FA
yp
e
en s
Th
e
of re ar
tt t
eo
ba
n
e
v
r
a
na
na er a thousand diffe be e
– bu
n’t
a
t most
c
m
of the
A
N
A
BANCT 22
FA
t
Ba
s
na
nas
hie
t
l
a
are o
ne of the he t
typ
a
es of
food you can e
A
N
A
BANCT 17
FA
Th
es
e
cie
m
ntif
s
a
ic na
me for banan
‘fru
n’
it of th
e wise me
an
s
A
N
A
BANCT 16
FA
A
N
A
0
BAN
2
T
FAC
Ban
er,
anas
t
a
w
float in
like ap s do
ple
A
N
A
BANCT 23
FA
Ban
ana p
be
lants can
made
into paper
A
N
A
BANCT 18
FA
Ban
anas
ed
may be us
in ha
ir conditioner
A
N
A
1
BAN
2
T
FAC
Ban
ana
ood
g
p
a
e
els are
fert
ts
iliser
for other plan
A
N
A
BANCT 24
FA
Mo
n
tte t
ab re son
i
r
gs have been w
ou
rui
t ba
f
r
e
nana
s than any oth
A
N
A
8
BAN
2
T
FAC
y
ap
ple
Pu
tti
ng
ag
an
wi
r
h
e
t
e
i
ll m
kl
n
ake banana in a box w quic
e
the
banana ripen mor
A
N
A
1
BAN
3
T
FAC
Ba
6,
nan
B
a
n
i
s cont
wh
ain vitam ed
ich
tir
helps
us feel less
Ab
ou
a
t th
an
n
ree q
a
uarters of a b
weigh
t is water
A
N
A
9
BAN
2
T
FAC
If y
ou
ge
d
i
put
r
a banana in the f
it wi
ll go dark brown
A
N
A
2
BAN
3
T
FAC
Am
on
an o
nce ran a marath
dres
sed as a banana
A
N
A
7
BAN
2
T
FAC
So
l
me
ee
f
p
y
e
ople think the
hap
as
pier
n
a
after eating ban
A
N
A
0
BAN
3
T
FAC
Som
gic
e pe
ople are aller
to bananas
A
N
A
3
BAN
3
T
FAC
M
os
tb
e
su anan
th e
ch
as g
f
o
b
as
Cen row in hot parts arib
C
tral
America and the
wo
an rld,
s
t
Th
ha t
ap e da
t
s
r
pe
t
o
ar o k brown o
spo r sp
k
c
a
l
r
b
n ba
uga
nanas
s
d
e
are call
A
N
A
6
BAN
2
T
FAC
’
s
A
N
A
5
BAN
2
T
FAC
Th
e le
nt
a
l
aves
p
on a banana
can
be near 3m long
ly
A
N
A
7
BAN
3
T
FAC
Ab
e
a
f th
Vit nana c
o
y
ontains 15%
am
da
in C
a
you should eat in
A
N
A
0
BAN
4
T
FAC
Ban
tly
ana
s are very sligh
radioactive
A
N
A
5
BAN
3
T
FAC
The
ts,
riper
e
g
a banana
the
sweet
es
er it becom
A
N
A
8
BAN
3
T
FAC
Ba
e
nan
as gro nd can b
wa
har
d
veste
d all year roun
A
N
A
BANCT 41
FA
In s
a,
om
c
i
r
ban e countries in Af r
e
ana
s are made into be
A
N
A
6
BAN
3
T
FAC
Ba
na
ulb
na
b
a
plan
ts grow from
– jus
t like a daffodil
A
N
A
9
BAN
3
T
FAC
’
If s
s
om
na
eon
a
e is s
an
aid to ‘go b !
the
y
y are
going a bit craz
,
A
N
A
4
BAN
3
T
FAC
A
N
A
BANCT 42
FA
Ban
anas can help
cure
indigestion
up
,
If y
ou
m
pe
el a
tto
o
b
you banana
from the bits!
don
y
’t get
those string
A
N
A
BANCT 46
FA
Ba
nan
res
u
as ap
t
c
pear in pi
mad
e in anc nt Egypt
ie
A
N
A
BANCT 49
FA
T
thi here is a
ng, rn
o
l
f
nb
o
t
ype
o
ana
na called a Rhino H
A
N
A
BANCT 44
FA
Ban
n
anas
mo
m
a
o
r
c
e
a
ing
s
redie
nt of smoothie
A
N
A
BANCT 47
FA
Ab
u
an
hav nch of bananas c it
e up
to 400 bananas in
A
N
A
BANCT 50
FA
Lik
ilk
ea e drin
m
tin
ep
g a king a glass of warm asle
ban
fall
ana c
an help you
,
A
N
A
BANCT 43
FA
A
N
A
BANCT 45
FA
Th
e lo
er
v
e
nge
st banana split
ma
g
de w
as over 7m lon
A
N
A
BANCT 48
FA
Th
r
ee
ve
e
arli
est p
pe
udding reci
wri
s
tten
included banana
A
N
A
BANACT
F