Apple Educational Resources

 

Apple Growing in Western NC		Video About the NC Apple Festival

Apple Kit Cover & Intro

Cover, Introduction and Table of Contents for the NC Apple Educational Kit – Elementary (K-5)

Apple Kit Resources

Apple Educational Kit Resources, including

• Apple Glossary
• Media Resource
• Pamphlets and Booklets
• Filmstrips
• Videos
• Websites
• Answer Key for all the NC Educational Kit course studies/tools
• Other Resources

Communication Skills: 3-5

Communication skills for 3-5 students; Meets North Carolina Standard Course of Study and includes:

• Apple Spelling Bee
• Comparing and Contrasting
• Apple Phrases
• Scrambled Apple Names
• Apple Communication Web

Communication Skills: K-2

Meets North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Communications (K-2) and includes:

• Apple Words
• Apple Phrases
• The Taste of Apples
• Apple Communication Web
• Apple Accordion-Fold Book
• Scrambled Apple Names
• Apple Quotes
• Apple Journals
• Apple Cinquain

Crop Protectants: Science K-5

Science for K-5 students; Meets North Carolina Standard Course of Study and includes:

• Apple Pest, Disease, and Predators
• Apple Disease Pests Photos
• Monitoring Apple Orchards for Pest, Disease, and Predators
• Most Commonly Used Crop Protectants
• Activities: Apple Pests, Disease, and Predators
• Apple Pest Management Scouting Form

Healthy Living: K-5

Materials on Healthy Living for K-5 students; Meets North Carolina Standard Course of Study and includes:

• Apples Help in Major Health Areas
• Apple Nutrition Facts (by the dozen)
• Nutrition Facts Wall Chart
• Nearly 1/2 of Crop Grown for Processing
• Apple Cider
• Some Hints about Cooking with Apples
• Let’s Get Cooking
• Foods made from Apples

Honeybees: A Resource Guide for Teachers

A resource guide for teachers about honeybees; meets NC Standard Course of Study and includes:

• The Order of the Hive
• The Life of the Queen
• Work With Eggs
• What’s In a Name
• Buzzy the Worker Bee
• World Of Beedom
• What Buzzy Bee Looks Like
• Main Body Parts of a Honeybee
• Mouth: Like a Straw
• Wings
• Honey Stomach
• Wax Glands
• Pollen Baskets
• Have Stinger will Travel
• The Difference between Honeybees and Yellowjackets
• House Bees
• Nurse Bees
• Field Bees
• The Bottom Line: Worker Bee Jobs
• Lifespan: Worker Bee
• Summary: All the Jobs
• Dancing & Swarming
• A Reproductive Act
• Poolinated by Bees Everywhere
• What Kinds of Flowers do Honeybees Like
• Pollination: How it Works
• Pollination: How Important is it to Us
• Beekeepers: Managers of the Hive
• Enemies of Honeybees
• Crop Protectants
• Bees Starve Before They Will Freeze
• Some Blossoms Are Poisonous
• Honeybees Resources

Math: 3-5

Math for 3-5 students; Meets North Carolina Standard Course of Study and includes:

• Math Activities – Symmetry
• Math Activities – Apple Fractions
• Apple Math Tasks
• Apple Graph Sheet

Math: K-2

Math K-2; Meets North Carolina Standard Course of Study

• Apple Math Problems
• Same Shapes
• Apple Graph Sheet
• Apple Pie Center
• Bee Hive Math

Science: 3-5

Science 3-5; Meets North Carolina Standard Course of Study and includes:

• Pomology has its roots in apple growing.
• Apple Tree Grafting
• The Apple Blossom
• Apple Blossom Fill in the Blanks
• The Apple Tree
• Experiment: How Apple Trees Get Fed
• The Cell Density of an Apple
• Soaking Up the Sun’s Rays – Apple Tree Leaves
• Checking Water Loss in Apples
• Controlled Atmosphere Storage
• Apple Parts
• Apple Parts Fill in the Banks
• Seed Color

Science: K-2

Science K-2; Meets North Carolina Standard Course of Study and includes:

• The Apple Blossom
• Apple Parts
• Apple Parts Fill in the Blanks
• Tree Parts
• Soaking Up the Sun’s Rays: Apple Tree Leaves

Social Studies: K-5

Social studies for students K-5; Meets North Carolina Standard Course of Study

• Enjoy NC Apples
• Apple Producing Areas of NC (map)
• Popular North Carolina Apples
• Who Am I?
• My Favorite NC Apple
• My Favorite NC Apple Testing Chart
• Apple Sources
• Produce Picture
• Apple Buying Tips
• Price Lookup Code
• Storage Tips
• The Four Seasons of NC Apples
• The Apple Seasons
• The Apple Industry in Henderson County Then and Now
• Brushy Mountain Apple History
• Family Tree
• A Trip to the Apple Orchard
• Ideas for a Field Trip
• NC Apple Producing Counties
• Major Apple Growing States

Stories, Poems, and Music: K-5

Stories, poems and music for K-5 students; meets with NC Standard Course of Study and includes:

• Johnny Appleseed a Pioneer and a Legend 1774-1845
• Johnny Appleseed Activities
• Johnny Appleseed Sentence Strips
• Little Red Apple House (poem)
• Apple Tunes (song)
• Apple Song (to Bingo)
• Have You Ever Had an Apple? (song)
• Sipping Cider (song)
• Spring’s Promise (poem)
• The Apple Tree (poem)
• Here is the Beehive (fingerplay)

Visual Arts: K-5

Visual Arts for K-5 Students including:

• Apple Puppets
• Holiday Decorations with Apples
• Apple Orchard (Bulletin Board)
• Dried Apple Wreath
• “I’m Good to the Core!” (certificate)
• Apple Clip Art #1
• Apple Clip Art #2.