Apple Investigation: Fall Math & Science Apple Week Activities for Pre-K & Kindergarten

One real apple, a handful of cubes and a tub of water are enough for a full week of early science. Children look closely, predict, measure, count, test and taste, then record what they find on a sheet that matches their level.

Preschool, Pre-K, TK, KindergartenGrades

23 pagesLength

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About this Apple Investigation Lab

The Apple Investigation Lab is a printable Apple Week resource that turns one apple into a full week of math, science and STEM exploration for preschool, Pre-K, TK and kindergarten. Instead of reading about apples, young learners handle a real one and record what they discover.

Children start by exploring with their five senses, then move into measuring. They measure an apple's height with cubes, compare apples by size and count the seeds inside. A sink or float test asks them to predict first and check after, and a taste test ends with a class graph of results.

Three differentiated recording sheets let the whole class run the same investigation while each child writes or marks answers at a comfortable level. A whole-class comparison chart pulls everyone's findings together, and eight vocabulary word cards introduce early science words as they come up.

Practice pages extend the week: a parts of an apple cut and paste, apple tree life cycle sequencing, counting and graphing pages, a taste test writing activity and an Apple Science Journal where children draw and write about what they learned. An Apple Scientist Award celebrates the finish.

A ready-to-use study plan and teacher guide map out the week, and an answer key is included. The 23 pages suit Apple Week, Johnny Appleseed units, fall STEM lessons, science centers, small groups, morning work and homeschool learning.

Investigate a real apple

Three differentiated investigation recording sheets, so every child can record at their own level
Five senses activities for looking, listening, smelling, touching and tasting
Measuring height with cubes, comparing sizes and counting seeds
Sink or float pages for making a prediction and checking it
A whole-class apple comparison chart

Practice pages

Parts of an apple cut and paste
Apple taste test graph with a writing activity
Apple tree life cycle sequencing
Counting, graphing and seed activities
An Apple Science Journal for drawing and writing about the week

Also included

A ready-to-use Apple Week study plan and teacher guide
Eight apple science vocabulary word cards
An Apple Scientist Award and an answer key

Ways to use Apple Investigation Lab

A complete Apple Week science unit
Johnny Appleseed day or week
Fall STEM and science centers
Small-group investigations
Morning work with the practice pages
Homeschool science for little learners

Why teachers like it

It turns a familiar fall food into real inquiry: children make a guess, test it and talk about what happened. Science and early math sit side by side, and the three recording levels let a mixed class work on the same investigation.