Weekly Curriculum Activity Template
ECED 4262
Muzio
Student Name
Candice Dalrymple
Date
September 27, 2012
Activity Name
Seasonal Apple Trees
Curriculum Area
Life Science
Grade Level
2nd Grade
GPS Content Standard
S2L1. Students will investigate the life cycles of different
living organisms.
b. Relate seasonal changes to observations of how a tree
changes throughout a school year.
Characteristic of Science
S2CS4. Students will use the ideas of system, model, change,
and scale in exploring scientific and technological
matters.
c. Describe changes in the size, weight, color, or movement of
things, and note which of their other qualities remain the same
during a specific change.
Objective of the Activity
Safety Precautions
Students will be to identify the changes in apples trees due to
seasonal changes.
Students will identify things about the trees that changes as
well as what stays the same.
none
Materials needed
Day 1: “Apple Tree! Apple Tree! “ By Mary Blocksma
 Fall
 Winter
Day 2“The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree” by Gail
Gibbons
 Spring
 Summer
Light blue construction paper 2 per student
Brown construction paper 2 per student
Labels (summer, fall, winter, spring)
Tissue paper: fall yellow, orange, brown, green
spring light green, light pink, hot pink
summer: dark green and red
cotton balls
Teacher Directions
Teacher will:
 Read story
 Ask students to name the changes in the trees and to
identify what stayed the same
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Student Directions
Write student responses on chart paper, graphic
organizer, or white board
Have students fold brown construction paper in half.
Have students trace their hand and arm on the brown
paper (shape of tree).
have students cut out each traced tree shape
have student glue the brown pieces onto the light blue
construction paper
Allow students to create one seasonal tree at a time
before going to the next.
Give students the labels of the seasons one at a time
and have them glue it at the bottom of their tree
Students will:
 Listen to story
 Identify changes in the trees
 Fold brown construction paper
 Trace hands and arm on brown construction paper
 Cut and glue trees onto blue construction paper
 Glue seasons at the bottom of the tree