Super Stallion Apples: Which variety of apple has

more seeds?

Lulu M. Stevens Elementary

Kindergarten- Mr. Villa

April 11, 2013

PROBLEM:We are trying want to find out which apple has more seeds.

HYPOTHESIS:If we take three kinds of apples and count their seeds, then we think that the Granny Smith Apple will have more seeds because it is a green apple.

HYPOTHESIS:This is our graph of our Hypothesis.

VARIABLE:We used three variety of apples, Gala, Granny Smith, and Red Delicious.

Gala Apple

Granny Smith Apple

Red Delicious Apple

CONTROL:Everything else stayed the same: washing and cutting the apples, removing and counting the seeds, and gluing and comparing our results.

MATERIALS:

5 Gala Apples5 Red Delicious Apples5 Granny Smith Apples3 Ten-Frame TemplatesGraph Paper3 Paper trays3 small plastic containersPaper towelsGlueSpoons

PROCEDURE:1.Wash each apple so

it will be clean. 2. An adult uses a knife to cut

each apple and remove its core.

3. Use a spoon and/or fingers to remove each

seed.4. Put the seed in the container so it will not get lost.

PROCEDURE:5. Glue each seed into

a ten frame.6. Compare the results of each

variety of apple.

Granny Smith: 26 seeds

Red Delicious: 9 seeds

Gala: 10 seeds

RESULTS/DATA:The Granny Smith Apple had more seeds than the Gala or Red Delicious variety.

Gala: 10 seeds

Red Delicious: 9 seeds

Granny Smith: 26 seeds

CONCLUSION:The majority of our classmates who chose the Granny Smith Apple proved their hypothesis correctly: the Granny Smith Apple did in fact have more seeds than the Gala and Red Delicious Apples.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/plants/partsofaplant/preview.wemlhttp://pinterest.com/difang/apple-theme/https://sites.google.com/a/bryantschools.org/aatwood/apple-seeds