This season give your science and STEM plans a twist! Try an apple twist with our real apple STEM activities for fall! Do you love the book Ten Apples Up On Top! We do and it’s perfect for fall learning. This year, my son can actually read the book to me. At the grocery store we bought a bunch of apples and had a great time putting on our thinking caps to come up with fun apple science and STEM activities!

REAL APPLE STEM ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

HAPPY FALL!

The leaves are changing the apples are ready for picking and we have pulled out our copy of Ten Apples Up On Top! We have paired this awesome book with some equally awesome STEM activities for kids pre-k through 1st or 2nd grade!

All of these activities can be modified as you see necessary to fit your kids needs. Plus these cool real apple STEM activities can be used in both a classroom and home setting. My personal favorite is that they are also inexpensive and use easy to find supplies. Make sure to click on all the links in red!

WHAT IS STEM?

Let”s start with a quick STEM introduction so we are all on the same page. I have several more involved resources that go into the importance of STEM which you can fine here, here, and here. For now, let’s start with the basics. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math.

STEM is super important for kids to start engaging with early on and there are so many valuable life lessons learned from even the simplest of STEM activities. Not to mention that we love to do STEM on the cheap.

REAL APPLE STEM ACTIVITIES

I love that we used real apples for our activities! If you plan to use the same apples for as many of the activities as possible, check out which ones use whole apples and do them first {apple gravity and apple balancing}. You may also want to have some inexpensive STEM materials on hand to go along with your apple projects.

LET’S GET STARTED!

Apple 5 Senses Science Activity with Free Printable

Explore the 5 senses with different varieties of apples. Tasty science with a free printable science sheet to record your results for each apple!

Why Do Apples Turn Brown?

Does Lemon Juice Really Stop Apples From Turning Brown?

Watch a great youtube video on why apples turn brown and conduct your own simple science experiment.

3 Apple STEM Activities To Try!

Build structures! Be an engineer. Design boats and see if apples float! Can you stack ten apples up on top? We also added another resource of cool ways to stack to go along with this book.

Apple Fractions Math Activity with Free Printable

Real life math! Check out pieces of an apple and explore apple fractions. Includes free printable.

$apple fractions math fall theme activity with printable apple sheet$

How Does An Apple Grow? Parts Of An Apple.

Learn how an apple grows from seed to fruit. Investigate and explore parts of an apple.

Comparing Weights. Apple versus candy.

We had a little fun with this activity after Halloween since we had so much candy. Pretty crazy to see how much candy equals the weight of an apple! We used a digital scale and a kids scale for this activity. Plus you can see what else you can do with all that extra Halloween candy.

$HALLOWEEN MATH$

The Erupting Apple-Cano!

One of our most popular fall and apple science activities. Once we tried the awesome pumpkin-cano, we knew we had to try and apple-cano version. If you don’t want to waste an apple, you can grab a very bruised apple at the orchard or grocery store. Super cool baking soda science.

Apple Oobleck

Explore a classic science activity and make oobleck! Have you learned about Non-newtonian fluids yet? They are so much fun to play with too.

Apple Gravity Experiment!

Take this one outside! Explore the concept of gravity, slopes, angles, and motion with a super simple apple gravity science experiment. Which apple will win the race? Why does one apple go faster than another.