Apple Projects

Apple Tasting Party

Select a variety of apples that vary in color, taste, texture and size. Encourage students to compare and discuss the different and/or similar characteristics after they have observed and tasted a wedge of each apple. Have students indicate their favorites on a Favorite Apple Graph.

Apple Products

Have students brainstorm to generate a list of favorite products that are made from apples. Record their responses and leave the chart up as a visual model for future reference.

Apple Cinquain

After observing, discussing, reading and writing about apples, students might enjoy writing apple cinquams:

1st line is one word which names the topic.

2nd line is two words which describes the topic.

3rd line is three words that tell what the topic does (action words).

4th line is four words that tell something that the topic does (starts with an action word).

5th line is one word that best describes (or is a synonym for) word in the 1st line.

For example:

Apple
juicy, sweet
Grows, ripens, harvested
Keeps children healthy
Nutritious!

Apple Patterning

Have students dip apple-shaped sponges into red, green and/or yellow tempera paint to create a pattern of colored apples on a 4" x 18" strip of white paper. When dry, the apple patterns can be shared and used as bulletin board borders.

Apple Orchard

Create an apple orchard bulletin board display! Place three bare paper trees on the board - one for red apples, the others for gold and green. Give each student a dessert-size paper plate, green paper for leaves, brown paper for a stem and a choice of red, yellow or green one-inch stack of tissue paper squares. Each student writes one or more things he/she learned about apples inside the paper plate, then glues the tissue squares flat all around the ridge of the plate. A stem and torn-paper leaves are added to complete the apple. Hang apples in the trees. Have students make additional torn-paper leaves to cover the branches.

Apple Sponge Prints

Have each student cut out an apple from a 12" x 12" piece of white paper. Then dip sponges cut into apple shapes in either red, green or yellow tempera paint and sponge print a border around their paper apple. When dry, have students color in stems and leaves. Apple information is written inside the apples. After the apple information is shared, all apples can be combined into a class book of apple facts.

Apple Puzzles

Draw and cut out a large red, yellow and green apple. Cut each apple into four or five pieces. Put each set of apple pieces for one apple in a separate envelope. Have students solve the puzzles by fitting the pieces back together again. Students might enjoy drawing and cutting their own apples into puzzles for others to fit together.