An Apple's Life
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | Health Mathematics Social Studies | |
| Author | Carol Hastie
Joy Jackson Sharon Stenson | |
| Description | Follow the path of an apple from seed to the home. Through
various activites, the students will learn about economics. | |
| The 21st Century Tools | Computer with Internet Access
Acceptable Use Policy on file for each student Overhead | |
| Grade Level | 4 5 | |
| National Standards | Economics
Understands the concept of prices and the interaction of supply and demand in a market economy Geography Knows the location of places, geographic features, and patterns of the environment Math Uses a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of numbers Understands the general nature and uses of mathematics Language Arts Writing Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process Reading Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process Listening and Speaking Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes | |
| West Virginia IGOs | Civics 4.12
Economics 3.20, 3.21, 3.22, 3.23, 3.24, 3.25, 3.26, 3.27, 4.13, 4.14, 4.21, 4.23 Geography 3.29 Study Skills 3.45, 3.46, 3.47, 4.43, 4.44, 4.45, 4.47, 4.49 Computer/Technology 3.51, 3.52, 3.54, 3.55, 3.59,3.101, 4.50, 4.51, 4.52, 4.53, 4.54, 4.56, 4.100, 4.101 Number Theory/Number Sense 3.1, 3.6 Probability/Statistics 3.29, 3.30, 3.31,4.1, 4.28 Patterns/Relationships 4.25 Listening/Speaking 3.8, 3.9, 3.11, 3.13, 3.14 Reading Comprehension 3.17, 3.37 | |
| Career Clusters | Business and Marketing | |
| Keywords | apple
recipe supply and demand nutrition import and exports goods and services food fruit | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Lesson 1: Blooming Apples
Lesson 2: Bag an Apple Lesson 3: Homeward Bound Lesson 4: Pick Me! Pick Me! Lesson 5: Apple-licious | |
| References | Washington Apples
Apple Journal USApple Granny's Kitchen | |