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Fall Apple Glyph
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A glyph is a special way
to collect and analyze data about a subject. It is a simple picture that
shows several variables at once. Have children create fall apple glyphs to
depict information about their feelings about products harvested in fall. |
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What you need:
• paper
• colored markers or crayons
What you do:
• Give your child a piece of paper. Tell him or her that you are going to
describe a series of options. Your child should follow directions by
listening carefully to each set of choices, picking the option that is true
for them, and adding features to their glyph accordingly.
• Ask your child to draw an outline of the body of an apple. If your child
prefers to eat corn products such as corn muffins and corn on the cob, have
him or her color the apple red. If your child prefers to eat wheat products
such as wheat bread or wheat pasta, have him or her color the apple green.
• Ask your child to draw and color in a stem for the apple. If your child
prefers to eat nuts, have him or her color the stem black. If your child
prefers to eat seeds from sunflowers and pumpkins, have him or her color the
stem brown.
• If your child prefers to eat pecan pie for dessert, have him or her draw
in and color one green leaf on the stem. If your child prefers to eat apple
pie for dessert, have him or her draw in and color two green leaves on the
stem. If your child prefers to eat pumpkin pie for dessert, have him or her
draw in and color three green leaves on the stem. If your child prefers a
different kind of pie or autumn dessert, have him or her leave the stem
bare.
• Help your child make a key for his or her glyph that explains its
contents.
What you can talk about:
• Make a glyph for yourself and then help your child gather information from
friends and family members to create several more harvest product glyphs.
Discuss how you can take the information from several glyphs and graph the
information using visual aids such as different graphs and charts.
• As an extension activity, help your child graph the first set of
information (wheat vs. pasta) as a tally chart, the second set (nuts vs.
seeds) as a bar graph, and the third set (pies) as a pie chart.
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