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Apple Tree Life Cycle Worksheets

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Seed, sprout, young tree, tree, blossom and apple: a chart, cut and paste, a wheel to spin, parts of an apple and apple math.

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Apple tree life cycle

Parts of an apple and apple math

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About these apple tree life cycle worksheets

The apple tree life cycle starts with a small brown seed from the core of an apple. It sprouts, grows into a young tree, and after several years becomes a big apple tree. Each spring the tree is covered in blossoms, and apples grow where the blossoms were, each with seeds inside.

These apple life cycle worksheets show all six stages in detailed line drawings. Every life cycle set has a chart, a label the stages page, a cut and paste sequence, a life cycle wheel to color and spin, a draw the stages page and a read-aloud story with picture questions.

The parts of an apple pages show an apple cut in half, with the stem, leaf, skin, flesh, core and seeds to label. The counting page shows apples cut across the middle, where the seeds sit in a star, and a taste test graph and an apple investigation page bring in math.

Standards

  • NGSS 3-LS1-1Grade 3, introduced early: develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
  • NGSS 4-LS1-1Grade 4, introduced early: construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.2Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.2Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.6Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.5Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1–20, count out that many objects.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.MD.B.3Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.MD.A.1Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.

How to use them

  1. Read the chart together in early fall, when apples are in season.
  2. Practice the order with the cut and paste page, then build the wheel.
  3. Cut an apple from top to bottom to find the parts, and across the middle to find the star.
  4. Run a class taste test with red, green and yellow apples and fill in the graph.

Teaching tips

  • Apple trees grown from seed take many years to make apples, so orchards plant young trees instead.
  • Most apples have about 5 to 10 seeds. Have children guess before counting.
  • The apple is the fruit of the apple tree: it grows from the blossom and holds the seeds.
  • Talk about patterns: the tree blooms every spring and has apples every fall.

Questions teachers and parents ask

What is the life cycle of an apple tree?

Seed, sprout, young tree, adult tree, blossom and apple. Each apple holds seeds that can grow into new apple trees.

How long does it take an apple tree to grow apples?

A tree grown from a seed usually takes several years, often 6 to 10, before it makes apples.

Is there an answer key?

Yes. The label, cut and paste, read-aloud, parts of an apple and seed counting pages each have an answer key on page 2.