Unit Study: Apples

Apple Unit!

September

 

We started out by matching apples to the chart using the stickers on the apples. 

 100% WA apples used!!!!

Getting ready for the taste test!  Slices are ready to go.

I was taste testing along with K so there isn't any photo's of the tasting.

while testing all the apples I had K describe each apple as he sampled them. 

K's favorite apple ended up being the red delicious and Gala

My favorite was the honey crisp.

 

least favorites:

K- Granny smith

Mom- Red delicious

 

After the taste test I showed K the apple star.  He thought that was pretty neat.

 

 

For art we water colored a plate of apples.

(Art Lesson posting Monday 11/4)

 

 

We labeled the parts of an apple and colored. 

While reading one of our apple books we learned some neat things about apples  . Did you know a see from a gala apple may not sprout a gala tree.  In order for farmers to make sure their orchard grows the tree they want they cut trees down to a root stock and graph branches of the type of tree they want.

 

We learned how to graft using toothpicks. tape and a TP roll made to look like a root stock.  Not an easy thing for little hands to do by them self, but great visual for kids.

 

Books we used:

Apples By: Jenne Simon (Science reader)

Apples By: Jacqueline Farmer <--great 1st-4th="" book="" for="" grader="" p="" the="">

Picking Apples and Pumpkins By: Amy and Rickard Hutchings