Category: Ag in the Classroom

Find a bushel full of resources and hands-on activities for learning all about apples!

Apple Ag in a Bag

McLean County (IL) teachers can request ag mags and apple activity kits for their classroom: Click here

• Apple Variety Poster – learn about some of the most common apple varieties

Ag-tivities & Online Reading materials

• PK – 1st grade:
  • Apple Facts for Little Readers 
  • A is for Apple
  • Apple Blossom Tree
  • Apple Chain – Watch Video
• 2nd – 4th grades:
  • Apple Junior Ag Mag
  • Apple Life Cycle Bracelet
  • Apple Copter
  • Healthy Trees: Apple Addition (Grades 2-3)
  • Specialty Crops “Zine”
• 4th – 6th grades
  •  Apple Ag Mag
    • AgVenture Worksheet – goes with Apple Ag Mag
  • Apple Dissection & Browning Experiments
  • Apple Starch/Ripeness Test
  • Apple Idioms
  • Apple Pie Journey
  • Healthy Trees: Apple Addition (Grades 4-6)
• Middle/High School:
  • Apple Reader
  • Apple Reader en Español
  • Apple Grafting Activity
  • Apple Genetics
• Find even more Apple Lessons here!

Books to Read – set up a FREE account on openlibrary.org to read these online books for FREE!

• Apples by Gail Gibbons
• The Apple Orchard Riddle by Margaret McNamara
• Apples by Ken Robbins

Apple Recipes to Try

• Crockpot Applesauce
• Apple Crisp
• Apple Oatmeal Muffins
• Yogurt Fruit Dip
• Apple Smiles

Virtual Field Trip to Braeutigam Orchards

Braeutigam Orchards from Illinois Agricultural Assoc. on Vimeo.

Click here for the Q & A

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