Pumpkin Exploration

Hooray! Another chance to think like a scientist. Today we started by looking at the KWL chart we started yesterday. We Know a lot about pumpkins already. We Wondered some interested inquiries. We worked together to answer the questions from what we Learned. Did you know some pumpkins grow big enough for an adult to sit in them and float like a boat. We found that pumpkins do float, but then we wondered why? It isn't just the air inside because the seeds and pulp floated when we put them in water, too. We sorted, ordered, predicted, measured, counted, tasted (toasted seeds), and voted on the face to be carved. We even voted on which pumpkin would last the longest and how long the pumpkins would last. Lots to do and lots of fun.