Students visit the log cabin, where they learn about the many uses settlers had for their apple harvest. Each student has the opportunity to create a dried apple wreath to take home.
In the Victorian cottage, active learning activities include using a reproduction late-1800’s apple peeler and playing the apple peel game. The freshly peeled apples are used to make apple crisp to bake in the wood stove. A sample of the results is always a highlight.
Curriculum Links:
Suggested curriculum links:
Kindergarten- to provide engaging activities in a new setting to assist in further developing such skills as communicating, demonstrating independence and awareness of built and natural environments.
Grade 1 – study of the senses in the Needs and Characteristics of Living Things topic in the Understanding Life Systems strand in Science & Technology.
Grade 3 – human uses of plants in the Growth & Changes in Plants topic in the Understanding Life Systems strand in Science & Technology.