Apple Tasting

After learning about plants being producers, and producing their own food through a process called photosynthesis, we learned about the parts of an apple tree. We learned that the apple blossom has protective pedals around it called sepals. When the apple blossom becomes the apple, you can still see what is left of the sepals at the bottom of an apple. We also learned about Johnny Appleseed, a larger than life tall-tall character who is actually a real person named John Chapman. We read a book about Johnny Appleseed and tracked his journey on a United States map. We also seperated the facts from the fiction. It is true that Johnny Appleseed spent his life, planting apple seeds and selling saplings to pioneers. We were a little skepical that he sometimes slept with bears when he was cold or that he wrestled mountain lions.

We also read a poem about a star that falls and takes shelter inside an apple. If you cut an apple horizontally, you will find a star holding the apple seeds.

In science, we conducted an experiment to see if different apple types tasted different. We tested Granny Smith, Gala, and Red Delicious apples. We noticed that the Gala apple was very sweet and very juicy, the Granny Smith apple was tart and only a little juicy, and that the Red Delicious was only a little sweet and not juicy at all. We created a pictograph with our data.

We hope you enjoy our slideshow about our apple tasting!

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