Maylee Strange

Activity Apples

Age/grade: Kindergarten

Develop 4 thematic activities:

Number of activity: 1- Arts and Crafts

Inside and Outside of Apples

1. Fact: When comparing apples there are differences on the outside like size and

color.

Vocabulary:

Comparing- estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between.

Differences- a point or way in which people or things are not the same.

Outside- the external side or surface of something.

Size- how big something is.

Color- the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye

as a result of the way the object reflects or emits light.

2. Fact: The right and left sides of the inside of apples are similar because they have

symmetry.

Vocabulary:

Similarities-resembling without being identical.

Symmetry- the quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other

Inside- the inner side or surface of a thing.

Write a complete description of the activity

 This activity is called Inside and Outside of apples. This activity is an arts and

crafts. The activity starts off by talking about all the different apples the class has seen,

and then the class looks at pictures of different apples. Children then will create their

apples. Children will be able to use to different art material of their choosing to construct

their apple. The options provided to the children will be construction paper, cardboard

paper, or coffee filters. Along with a pair of scissors. Also since all apples are different

colors the child will be allowed to choose their own color of paint to color the apples.

Once they have constructed the outside of their apples they will get another piece of art

material in which they will draw. Once they are done with drawing both the inside and

outside of their apples, they will be given a large sheet of paper where they will glue

their two art pieces. They will then be able to view their artwork and their classmates

artwork to compare the similarities and differences in apples. As a class we will then

will discuss our findings.

Number of Activity: 2- Math

What makes an apple

1. Fact: Apples are composed of five parts; skin, flesh, core, seeds, and stem.

Vocabulary:

Composed- to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements.

Parts- a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct, piece, fragment,

fraction, or section.

Skin- the outer covering.

Flesh- the soft, inner substance just below the skin.

Core- the tough central part of various fruits, containing the seeds.
Seeds- a flowering plant's unit of reproduction, capable of developing into another such

plant.

Stem- a long and thin supportive or main section of something.

2.Fact Apples have a wide varieties of colors which come from mixtures of red, green,

and yellow.

Vocabulary

Varieties- different

Wide- including a great variety of people or things.

Mixtures- a joining or merging of different parts or qualities in which the component

elements are individually distinct.

Write a complete description of the activity This activity is called what makes an

apple, and is a group activity. The group are comprised of two to four children. Each

group has their own apple, and each group has a different colored apple. The apple will

be cut open with an apple slicer, so that the core, seeds, and sections are all on the

children's group work table. For safety reason I will remove the apple cutter. Each

group also has a paper plate divided up into five sections with the sections labeled

stem, skin, flesh, core, and seed. As a group the children try to label the different parts

of an apple, and place them into the pie chart. Afterward, we will discuss all the different

parts of an apple. Also discuss as a class the different colors of apples we have seen in

the classroom and also in the grocery store. Talk about how all apples are made of the

same parts but no apple looks the same. This activity meets the needs of visual and

spatial learners, kinesthetic, interpersonal, linguistic, intrapersonal, and mathematical.

Number of Activity: 3- Science

Investigating Apples

1. Fact: Using the sense of hearing alone, most people can determine someone is

eating an apple due to its crunch proportie.

Vocabulary

Senses- sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch.

Properties- thing or things belonging to someone or something

2. Fact: Apples float but their stems alone will sink.

Vocabulary

Sink- go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become

submerged.

Float -move or hover slowly and lightly in a liquid or the air; drift.

Write a complete description of the activity

This activity is a science activity called Investigating Apples. This is a group

activities, and the groups will be two to four children. Children will examine the apple

using magnifying glasses, their senses, and a bucket of water. Children will be touching,

smelling, listening, and eating it to determine the properties of the apple. After the

children have used all their senses to learn about apples. They will make an educated

guess as to what will happen when they put the apples in the bucket of water. The

teacher moves from group to group to talk about what the children have discovered and

provide any assistance if needed. This activity meets the needs of visual and spatial

learners, kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and mathematical.

Activity 4 Snack

Before you Eat

1.Fact Apples can be ripe or rotten.

Vocabulary

Ripe- developed to the point of readiness for harvesting and eating.

Rotten- suffering from decay

2. Fact Apples can be in solid in the form of an apple and liquid in the form of apple

sauce.

Vocabulary

Form- the visible shape or configuration of something.

Solid-firm and stable in shape

Liquid- flowing freely

Write a complete description of the activity

As a class we go outside and look at a rotten apple and a ripe apple and discuss

the difference. In order for this lesson plan to work the teacher needs to bring in a

rotten apple. She could keep the rotten apple in a shoebox until the appropriate time.

While looking at the rotten apples we see that it brown, several insects on it, and there

were holes in the apple. Looking at a ripe apple we saw that it was a good color, good

smell, and that it looked ready to eat. As a snake time each child had a solid rip apple,

and apple juice. As a class discuss how apples can be in different forms like solid and

liquid. How a solid is an apple, but applesauce is a liquid. This activity meets the needs

of visual and spatial learners, kinesthetic, interpersonal.