Hillside Grade School first graders vote on their favorite apple

By The Island 360 Posted on October 25, 2024

Hillside Grade School first graders tasted Red Delicious, Granny Smith and Golden Delicious apples and voted on their favorite flavor on Oct. 2. (Photo courtesy of New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District)

Hillside Grade School first graders tasted a variety of apples as the culmination of their science unit on the popular fall fruit on Oct. 2.

After learning about the different parts of an apple — such as the skin, stem and core — and reading “Johnny Appleseed,” the first grade classes tasted Red Delicious, Granny Smith and Golden Delicious apples. Each student and their teacher then voted on which flavor was their favorite one.

This lesson was interdisciplinary, as it involved reading, counting the number of votes and coloring in graphs, along with learning how an apple grows.