Handout
NC State University

North Carolina State Univ.: Growing Apple Trees in the Home Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive site provides a wealth of information about how to grow apple trees. Site selection, training and pruning central leader trees, harvesting, and fruit storage are several of the topics covered.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Little Willie and the Apple Tree

For Students 1st - 3rd
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication Little Willie and the Apple Tree by Harriet Doyley Howe, an educational book for children.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Oh My! It's Apple Pie!

For Teachers K
Students give and opinion and validate it. Students will express their favorite parts of an apple tree.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Seasons of an Apple Tree

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a literature connection with The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons. This activity will engage the students in recalling details from the book to illustrate an apple tree...
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: It Is Apple Season

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about apple trees during the spring, summer, fall, and winter. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: It Is Apple Season

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about apple trees during each of the four seasons. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in determining the author's purpose.
Interactive
Other

Ohio Public Library: What Tree Is It?

For Students 9th - 10th
An online resource for tree identification by common name, scientific name, leaf, or fruit.
Handout
McGill University

Mc Gill U.: Integrated Management of Apple Pests

For Students 9th - 10th
Site describes rusts(which are a type of fungus)on apple trees, discusses the disease and how to treat it.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: The Show: Trees

For Students 3rd - 8th
How much do you think you know about trees? PBS site offers a video and description of the life cycle of trees and their leaves.
Graphic
Curated OER

Apple Tree Life Cycle

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The life cycle of an apple tree is shown in this diagram.
Graphic
Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Apple Tree

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Apple Tree."
Activity
Treehut

Suzy's World: Apples

For Students 2nd - 6th
Use this site to find out how apples grow.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Apple Picking Time

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining how apples get from the tree to the store. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Newton's Apple: Teacher Guide: Rain Forest Plants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will be creating rain forest plants visually by using cardboard, tree branches, clay, and other materials. Activity begins with a description of plants found in the rain forest. Lesson also includes resource...
Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Ciclo De Vida De Los Arboles De Manzana

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Spanish information about the life cycle of apple trees, as well as a variety of other Spanish-language information about apples.
Activity
Other

Springboard Magazine: The Circle of Life

For Students 3rd - 5th
A brief explanation of life cycle is provided along with pictoral respresentations of three different examples of life cycles (apple tree, butterfly and frog). The term metamorphosis is introduced and the resouce has an interactive...
Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Blooming Apple Trees

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Blooming Apple Trees", created by Pal Szinyei Merse in 1902 (Oil on canvas, 50 x 65 cm).
Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Virgin and Child Under an Apple Tree

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Virgin and Child under an Apple Tree", created by Lucas the Elder Cranach from 1525-30 (Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 87 x 59 cm).
Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Landscape in Normandy: Apple Trees

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Landscape in Normandy: Apple Trees", created by Armand Guillaumin, c. 1887 (Oil on canvas, 61 x 100 cm).
Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Apple Tree in Blossom

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Apple Tree in Blossom", created by Ferdinand Hodler, c. 1890 (Oil on canvas, 27 x 40 cm).
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Writing Lesson: Season Mandala

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan, learners will learn about the season through decriptive words and phrases incorporated in two different books, Have You Seen Trees? by Joanne Oppenheim and The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons. They...
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Season Mandala

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, Have You Seen Trees?, a book written by Joanne Oppenheim, and The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree, a book written by Gail Gibbons, are used as mentor texts. As a post-reading activity, students will record facts about the...
Activity
Other

Robert Frost: America's Poet

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides many full text poems by Robert Frost. There are also multiple links for more information on Frost and his works.
Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Robert Frost

For Students 9th - 10th
The site provides background and texts of numerous poems. Follow the links at the bottom of the page to specific poetry books to find complete text of individual poems.

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