Today I handed each student a knife. Am I crazy? Yes, a little bit. I think you have to be crazy to teach 5th grade. Anyhow, we are studying angiosperms - plants that have a fruit surrounding their seeds. Each student received a different fruit with the assignment to cut it in half and study the seed. After some observational drawing, the students carefully cut it into pieces for everyone to try.
We ate a lime, lemon, cantaloupe, tomato, cucumber, papaya, mango, pineapple, green pepper, apple, star fruit, cherry, persimmon, quince, grapefruit, pear, pomegranate and kiwi. The kids were surprised to learn that some foods we think of as vegetables are actually fruits. If it has a seed inside, it is a fruit!
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