While studying the history of Orange County, and how our local land came to be, students have learned that our city of Irvine used to have acres after acres of farmland and orange groves. Navel and Valencia oranges grew in great abundance.
With the countless types of orange varieties today, many of our students have never tried more than one or two types. Thanks to family donations from the Nolan, Ko, Kwok, Jarfa, Huang, and Diamante Families, our class had such a fun time trying five different types of oranges— Blood oranges, Cara Caras, Mandarins (“Cuties”), Navel, and Valencia oranges. Students loved some varieties and strongly disliked others. By the end of the tasting, students were begging for extra slices of their favorites!
Students ranked the oranges by sweetness, tartness, and juiciness, then decided which ones were their favorites and least favorites. Afterwards, students practiced writing an opinion paragraph about the best tasting orange.
Thank you, Parents, for donating oranges, plates and napkins to our class!
