Pumpkin Unit

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I always get a gigantic pumpkin and a collection of a variety of gourds from the local apple orchard.
We make a booklet in the shape of a pumpkin and do science experiments such as, estimate and then measure the circumference of the pumpkin, does and pumpkin sink/float, weigh a pumpkin, etc.
We take a field trip to the Pumpkin Patch.
We do an LEA class story about our trip to the patch.
Paper bag pumpkins- have student color or paint white lunch bag orange, draw a face, stuff with paper, tie with green yarn. Can display them like a pumpkin patch.
Compare pumpkins to apples.
I make sequence cards with the lifecycle of a pumpkin on it.
Talk about a pumpkin being a fruit and from the gourd family.
Paper Plate Pumpkin-have student color or paint a paper plate orange, make a face on it.
We always carve a pumpkin and make it into a jack o lantern. Plant some of the seeds, bake some of the seeds and eat, and soak some of the seed over night and observe the embryo with a magnifying glass.
I have a “Sets of Seed” sheet from a Fall theme book. The students glue the # of seeds on it that it says to do.
Predict and find out what two colors make orange
You can make a pumpkin to eat with orange slices and a green M and M.
Make a jack o lantern out of your children's thumbs.