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Apple Education Kit

The North Carolina Apple Educational Kit for grades K-5 boasts more than 140 activity and information pages, and it is an excellent resource for learning about agriculture and the apple industry. Many of the activities lend themselves to cooperative learning, small group and partner work and topical investigations for higher levels of knowledge.

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 Resources, Pamphlets and Booklets, Filmstrips, Videos, Websites, and Other Resources.

Also includes the Answer Key for all the NC Educational Kit course studies/tools.

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, and Apple Clip Art #2.

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Apples – Mid August thru Early November

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No closed for the 2022 season, see you in 2023!

Closed for the Season! Thank you and we will see you in 2023! The Justus Family … [Read More...]

Update for the Weekend of October 22nd!

Another beautiful weekend with colorful Fall Foliage! Here are the weekend updates for October 22nd and 23rd!   We Pick- Ambrosia, Mutsu, Crimson Crisp, Red Jonagold, Red Romes, Red Cameo, Pink … [Read More...]

October 15th Weekend!!

Another beautiful weekend with some colorful Fall Foliage in our beautiful mountains and PLENTY of Apples UPick or We Pick! Here are the updates for this weekend of October 15th! We Pick- … [Read More...]

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187 Garren Rd.
Hendersonville NC 28792

828-974-1232

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