We had so much fun investigating our pumpkin today! We started off by making predictions about how many cubes tall we thought our pumpkin was, what the circumference of our pumpkin was using links, and how many lines the pumpkin had. Then we guessed if the pumpkin would sink or float. Some of the K2ers came up with some great reasons why they thought it would either sink or float. Some of their reasons why it would sink was because it is heavy, there are seeds inside, it has "guts" inside, and because the water in the bucket is cold. Some reasons why some thought it would float was because the water will hold it up and because it is too light to sink. Here are some pictures from our Pumpkin Investigation and a quick video of when we put the pumpkin into the bucket of water.
After we were finished filling our Pumpkin Investigation chart in we then filled in a "can", "have", "are" chart to wrap up the lesson. Each K2er then had to record at least one answer in each column on their own sheet to bring home.
Lastly, at Free Choice time, we opened up the pumpkin and described what we saw inside, cleaned out the pumpkin and sorted the seeds. Each K2er went home with a small baggie of seeds to investigate some more with. (They were not cooked, so they know they are not to eat!) I heard lots of them say they were going to plant them so a pumpkin will grow for next year.
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2 comments:
Thiago was talking about the pumpkin and the seeds. Thank you for sharing :)
I'm glad he enjoyed it. We had a fun afternoon exploring with the pumpkin. :)
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