Generational Love for Little Green Apple Keeps Heirloom from Disappearing
Lesson created by Dancey Howes,Webster County and Deanna Cunningham, Jackson County
Objective- Students will be able to apply their knowledge of apples to create a life cycle model, develop an opinion after making applesauce and reflect on their learning by making a poster.
Standards-
SC.O.K.2.02 Observe and describe the movement, growth and changes in plants and animals.
SC.O.1.1.03 Demonstrate curiosity, initiative and creativity by questioning observations of changes in the environment (e.g., life cycles, motion of celestial objects, or sun and shadow).
Grade Level Strands- K-2
Length - 2 days
BIG Idea - Apples have a life cycle and applesauce can be made from them.
Lesson Summary
Based on the folkways recording “Generational Love for Little Green Apple Keeps Heirloom from Disappearing” students will learn about the life cycle of an apple.Students will create a life cycle. Then students will engage in making applesauce as discussed in the recording. The recording guides the listener as they hear about the sourness of the apples. Through this process students will develop an opinion on the taste of the applesauce and create a poster.
Teacher To-Do List & Materials
Read through entire lesson and listen to broadcast prior to students’ listening.
Materials:
Early Summer Apples (If available) Any variety of apple will work
Crockpot, Applesauce materials (recipe below)
Life Cycle Model materials- Paper plates or large construction paper, arrows cut out( the students cut out some), and clay or model magic. We used model magic and real apple seeds.
Poster materials
Prep:
If apples are early summer apples they do not need to be peeled, other kinds of apples will need to be peeled ahead of time.
Engage
How do plants change during their life cycle?
Explore
Folkways recording:Generational Love for Little Green Apple Keeps Heirloom from Disappearing
Explore
Explain
Focusing Question: As you listen, be prepared to talk about 2 things you think are interesting and 1 thing you are still curious about.
Apply
Day 1 Make an apple life cycle model.
Day 2 Make applesauce with student. Then create posters about your opinion of applesauce.
Apply
Share
Students share their apple life cycles and their applesauce opinion posters.
Reflect
Reflect on opinion of an apple and apple life cycle. Place them on display for other students to see.
Extend
Books
The Apple Pie Tree- Zoe Hall
The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree-Gail Gibbons
Apples-Gail Gibbons
How Do Apples Grow? Betsy Maestro
An Apples Life- Nancy Dickmann
The Biggest Apple Ever- Steven Kroll
Ten Red Apples- Pat Hutchins
Apple Picking Time-Michele B. Slawson
Johnny Appleseed-Steven Kellogg
Extend
Videos/Websites
NATURE CAT | Hooray for Apple Trees | PBS KIDS
The Johnny Appleseed Educational Center and Museum
Games
Curious George Apple Picking Game
Activities
Graph apple by color and size
Apple Prints with paint
Apple Taste Test
Apple Stand in Dramatic Play
Songs/Chants
Apples big,
Apples small,
Guess what?
I like them all!
Sung to: "Mulberry Bush"
Here we go round the apple tree, the apple tree, the apple tree
Here we go around the apple tree
On a frosty morning.
This is the way we climb the ladder
-pick the apples
-wash the apples
-peel the apples
-cook the apples