Apples
SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES
Apple Facts
Tree
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It’s a fact!
Here are some good
resources for gathering
apple facts.
Can you remember the first
apple you ever saw? Not
likely. We grow up with
apples everywhere and
never think much about
them. Learn more about
this favorite fruit with a
mini research project.
{ Apple Picking
Time by Michelle
Benoit Slawson
(Crown, 1994)
{ From Apple Seed
{ Gather resources on
apples. (See Tip.)
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Apple Fact pattern
{ Enlarge and copy the Apple Fact pattern above. Have children write one
fact on each apple.
{ Prepare a simple tree with branches on the bulletin board and have
children add their apples to the tree. Add a title, such as “Pick a fact
about apples.”
to Applesauce by
Hannah Lyons
Johnson (Lothrop,
Lee & Shepard,
1977)
{ Hooray for
Orchards! by
Bobbie Kalman
(Crabtree, 1998)
{ Picking Apples
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How Many
Apples Does
That Weigh?
Your class can explore how to
use a balance scale, and the
idea of standard measure, by
using apples. Use a pan
balance and a bag of apples
from the store. (Smaller
apples work best.) Put a book
in one side of the balance. Ask the class to estimate how many apples they
think the book weighs. Test it to see. Weigh other items from around the
room in terms of apples. Always have students estimate an answer first. To
explore further, use a pound weight to find out how many apples are in a
pound. Finally, have students estimate how many apples they think they
weigh. (You can find out by weighing a pound of apples, and then
multiplying the number of apples in a pound by the number of pounds the
student actually weighs.)
Fresh and Fun September © Scholastic Teaching Resources
and Pumpkins by
Amy and Richard
Hutchings
(Scholastic, 1994)
{ The Seasons of
Arnold’s Apple
Tree by Gail
Gibbons (Harcourt
Brace, 1984)
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