Pumpkin Investigations

Our class had a wonderful time with our pumpkin investigations.  We made a K-W-L chart where we wrote down things we knew and things we wondered about pumpkins.  We found out that pumpkins do in fact float when placed in water.  It surprised us because we thought that it was heavy and would sink!! We also counted the pumpkin seeds.  We put them into groups of ten first because we decided that was the easiest way to count them.  We found that our pumpkin had 478 seeds!! We discussed the texture of the inside and outside of the pumpkin.  We used our five senses to determine how the pumpkin felt, smelled, tasted, and looked.  We also took a class vote on how we would carve our pumpkin!  We had so much fun!  Check out our pictures.