| "Just for Students and Teachers" |
"Apple Polishing"--The custom of "apple polishing" hails from little red school houses of yore. Young children, whose math skills were less than exemplary, sought to win their teacher's favor instead with a gift of a bright, shiny apple. Remember this song? "An apple for the teacher will always do the trick when you don't know your arithmetic."
Apples are grown in every state in the continental United States, and are grown commercially in 36 states.
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About 2,500 known varities of apples are grown in the United States, and more than 7,500 varieties are grown worldwide.
The story that Newton discovered the law of gravity after watching an apple fall from a tree is probably backwards, thought to have evolved from his having used the apple's fall to illustrate the pull of gravity.
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Click on the apple to download a fun activity sheet!!!
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Teachers: to request Idaho Apple information for your classroom email cbfitch@cableone.net.
Please include number of students in the classrom and what type of information you are looking for in regard to Idaho Apples.
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| Parma R & E Center |
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| "Cool School Cafe" |
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| Encourage the Foodservice Director from your district to enroll in the "Cool School Cafe" program and they can earn points to be used towards prizes for purchasing and using Idaho Apples.
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