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On Tuesday, we tasted 3 different types of apples and learned their names: Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, and Granny Smith. We completed a worksheet on the color, size, and taste of the different apples. We also made a graph to hang in the hallway to show which apple was our favorite:
As you can see, the tart (a new word we learned) Granny Smith was our favorite, with the Red Delicious and Golden Delicious coming in the the same amounts in a close second.
Today, we learned the life cycle of an apple, starting from a tiny seed, to a sapling, to a tree, to an apple blossom, to a small apple, and then to a full ripe apple that you can eat. We also learned that apples are the most common fruit tree in the world and that most countries have apple trees. In addition, we found out that there is an apple that is so dark red/purple, that by the end of the growing season, it is almost black! It is called the Arkansas Black. A few other apple names we learned were the Jonathan, Rome, and Honeycrisp. The smallest apple is the crab apple.
We've certainly learned a lot about apples!
