Boy, did we have some fun last Friday! We had pumpkin stations, a pumpkin research jigsaw activity, and completed a pumpkin investigation lab. At the end of the day we completed a bat investigation called Come To Mommy to get us ready for Monday's lessons on bats. Here are a few pictures from the day's events:
Pumpkin Browsing Box Reading
These are the research booklets we read in groups.
We took various measurements of our group's pumpkins including length.
We used a non-standard unit of measurement to measure the circumference of our pumpkin.
We counted the lines of the pumpkins and later learned that the lines give a clue as to how many seeds are inside.
This yucky stuff is called the pulp. Some really stunk inside!
We really used our sense of touch to investigate the pumpkins.
Counting seeds is difficult when they are sticky, but we did it!
These are our results! We did our best to get an accurate count of the seeds and noticed that the pumpkin with the smallest number of lines had the lease number of seeds.
Mother bats find their pups by using their sense of smell. This investigation required a lot of focus!
Many thanks to all my parents for supporting this special day. I know it's one the students will never forget.
It was a really fun day! Thanks so much for taking a day to plan themed activities.
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