Pumpkin Fall Study

As I mentioned in our previous post, the students are thrilled about pumpkins.  After visiting the pumpkin patch, picking a pumpkin off the vine, and seeing all the beautiful squash we had to move onto studying pumpkins.  

This last week we began using our pumpkins as a non-standard form of measurement.  We measured the circumference with Lego's that connect at the ends. 

We measured the stems of the pumpkins with unifix cubes. 

And, we measured our bodies!  Some of us were 8 pumpkins long!

On Friday, we brought a giant pumpkin in our classroom and left it sitting in our meeting area.  Of course the pumpkin gained a lot of attention and the students couldn't wait to hear what we were going to do with it.  Before doing anything, we made predictions of how many seeds were in that giant pumpkin.  (You will be able to see that Friday was also P.J. Day.  At the end of this post you will find a couple group photos!)

How many seeds do you think are in this pumpkin?  Make your prediction in the comments section.  We will count the seeds this week and I will reveal the final amount in our next blog post.  

We sat in a big circle and together we took all the seeds out of this giant pumpkin.

Finally we had two friends separate the seeds from the pulp.  

I brought the seeds home to clean, and dry.  They dried all day Saturday on wax paper.  

I didn't count them because the students will get to count them this week. 

All of the seeds from that giant pumpkin fit neatly in a sandwich size bag.  Leave your prediction in the comment section.  We will reveal the amount of seeds in our next blog post. 

We look forward to studying more about pumpkins and learning about it's life cycle.  We also can't wait to share our discoveries with you.  Have a brilliant week and again, leave your prediction below!!!  

P.S. Check out our friends in P.J.'s!