Pumpkin Science

One of my favorite things to do in the fall is Pumpkin Science! I have been doing this for years, and it something that I will definitely continue.

It comes from a really old Aims unit. I took it and tweaked it and made it my own.

We divided into four groups. Each group had a pumpkin. First we looked at the outside of the pumpkins and made some PREDICTIONS. We predicted the weight, the height, how many lines it had, how thick the pumpkin walls were, how much it cost per pound, if it would float (love that one!), and how many seeds it would have inside. We wrote down our predictions to compare with our findings later.

Next we got to name our pumpkins (this one is just for fun!)

Finally we got to see if our predictions were valid by going to the different stations to weigh, measure, float, etc. And then we cut into the pumpkins (my job!) to measure walls and seeds.

The kids had a blast discovering their pumpkins and seeing how far (or how close) their predictions were.
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