Apple Education
Apple Projects |
Healthy Bites
Prepare a large diagram of an apple showing "bite-size" segments
about apple nutrition. Give each student a fresh apple. (Be sure
to use a variety of red, gold and green!) As students take bites
of their apples, discuss the different ways apples are healthy for
them.
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Nutrition Description
Write these columns on the chalkboard, and ask students to match
each component from the first column with its function listed in
the second column. |
| Apples have... |
Apples do this for me |
| No fat |
Keeps me trim |
| No sodium |
Healthy blood pressure |
| No cholesterol |
Keeps cholesterol down |
| Fiber |
Keeps heart healthy |
| Only 80 calories |
Fights cancer |
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Apple Observations
Have students observe and taste a variety of apples to determine
apple color, texture, taste, and size. Cut an apple in half vertically
to observe the parts of an apple. After brainstorming apple characteristics
with students, the following observations might be recorded on chart
paper:
• Apple colors are red, green or gold.
• They come in a variety of sizes.
• Apple flavors vary from sweet to tart.
• Skin, flesh, core, seeds, stem and leaves are parts of
an apple. |
Apple Parts
Prepare a chart which shows the parts of an apple. Print the name
of each apple part on separate cards. Have students match the word
cards to the correct apple part on the chart.
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Picture of Health
After explaining to the class why apples and apple products help
build healthy bodies, have each student draw what they think a boy
or girl who eats apples daily might look like. Then have them draw
a boy or girl who never eats apples. Which of the two looks healthier?
Why? |
Apple Book Nook
Develop an area in the classroom which contains a variety of books
on apples for reading enjoyment and research. Encourage oral language
development by having students tell a classmate reasons that they
liked the books they chose. These books might be included in the
Apple Book Nook:
• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
• 10 Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss
• Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg
• From Appleseed to Applesauce by Hanna Johnson
• An Apple a Day by Judi Barrett
• Apple Tree!Apple Tree! by Mary Blocksma
• Apple Pigs by Ruth Orbach
• Apple Pic by Anne Wellington
• Apples to Zippers by Patricia Rueben |
More projects....
Adapted from Apples: A Class Act published
by the U.S. Apple Association. If you would like additional information, please
contact: U.S. Apple Association, P.O. Box
1137, McLean, VA 22101-1137, (703) 442-8850
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