Apple STEM Fun Day
Eating Apples
Students had a ton of fun trying a bunch of different apple tasts.
They tried real apple pies, and then made their own apple pie in a cup.
They compared them and told us which ones they liked better.
They tried apple juice and apple cider, and told us which one they liked better.
We had such a great time eating apple flavored treats~
Krystina and Alonso tasting apples.
Mason, Maxton, Kennedy, and Mia enjoying some apple treats.
Noah, Japhen, Ilyia, and Saifuddin having fun with apple juice.e
Cannon, Lucas, and Alanna enjoying some tasty apple beverages.
Apple Structures
By using apples and toothpicks, students would try to build tall towers.
Students had to plan and predict how many pieces they would use, and how tall it would be.
Then they used apple pieces and toothpicks to build apple towers.
Eesa, Lucas, Alanna, and Cannon planning their apple structures.
Maxton, Kennedy, Mason, and Mia building towers with apples.
Prince, Christiana, and Jazion building with apples.
Noah and Ilyia having fun making giant towers out of apple pieces and toothpicks.
Apple Baskets
Students had to make a basket using various STEM items that would hold at least one apple.
They had so much fun making predictions and plans, then trying to build their basket and test it out!
One of friends exhausted from all of the Apple festivities.
Maxton, Kennedy, Mia, and Mason learning about Apple Baskets.
Planning our baskets with Ilyia, Japhen, Saifuddin, and Noah
Building an apple basket with Christiana, Jazion, and Prince.
Learning how to use pipe cleaners to build with Alonso and Krystina.
Apple Goop
One of our apple rotations for our Apple STEM Fun Day was Apple Goop.
Apple Goop was made using Apple Sauce, corn starch, cinnamon, and a bowl. Check out how much fun they had!
Lucas, Eesa, and Cannon playing with Apple Goop
Krystina and Karter with Apple Goop.
Maxton, Mason, Kennedy, and Mia having fun with Apple Goop.
Jazion, Christiana, and Prince learning about Apple Goop.
Will it Sink or Will if Float
We made predictions on whether or not an apple will sink or float.
Then we conducted our experiment to see if an apple will sink or float.
Alanna, Kennedy, and Maxton seeing if an apple will sink or float.
Krystina, Prince, and Jazion seeing if an apple will sink or float.
Christiana and Lucas seeing if an apple will sink or float.
Noah, Eesa, and Mia seeing if an apple will sink or float.
Alonso, Saifuddin, and Mason seeing if an apple will sink or float.
Ilyia seeing if an apple will sink or float.
Cannon seeing if an apple will sink or float.
Saifuddin and Mason seeing if an apple will sink or float.
How Many Apples Tall Are You?
Today we had fun measuring with apples.
Each student got to use apples to measure with, and then count how many apples tall each students were.
Students were typically 17 to 18 apples tall.
They had so much fun using apples to measure.
Eesa measured Prince with Apples.
Prince was 18 apples tall.
Prince measured Eesa with Apples.
Eesa was 16 apples tall.
Ilyia measured Krystina with Apples.
Krystina was 16 apples tall.
Krystina measured Ilyia with Apples.
Ilyia was 15 apples tall.
Alonso measured Christiana with Apples.
Christiana was 15 apples tall.
Christiana measured Alonso with Apples.
Alonso was 15 apples tall.
Jazion measured Lucas with Apples.
Lucas was 16 apples tall!
Lucas measured Jazion with Apples.
Jazion was 17 apples tall!
Maxton measured Kennedy with Apples.
Kennedy was 14 apples tall.
Kennedy measured Maxton with Apples.
Maxton was 16 apples tall.
Japhen measured Cannon with Apples.
Cannon was 16 apples tall.
Cannon measured Japhen with Apples.
Japhen was 17 apples tall!
Noah measured Karter with Apples.
Karter was 15 apples tall.
Karter measured Noah with Apples.
Noah was 18 apples tall!
Alanna measured Mia with Apples.
Mia was 17 apples tall.
Mia measured Alanna with Apples.
Alanna was 17 apples tall.