Lesson Plan
Pumpkin Math and Science
Looking closely at pumpkins is a good way to incorporate math, specifically estimation and counting. This lesson can be messy and requires some clean up, but kids love it!
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Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to measure the height and circumference of different pumpkins.
- Students will be able to talk about the ways pumpkins are the same and different (height, circumference, color, shape, etc).
- Students will be able to count pumpkin seeds and group them by tens.
- Students will be able to estimate how many seeds are in a pumpkin and compare their estimates to the actual results.
Introduction
(10 minutes)- Display a pumpkin and ask students to tell you what’s inside (seeds). Ask students if they can estimate, or guess, how many seeds there are. Write their guesses on chart paper.
- Read How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamera