This month we did a pumpkin investigation! The children kept journals where they wrote about and recorded all the things we did with pumpkins. Unit studies are a great way to incorporate a variety of disciplines- reading, writing, math and science!
Weread nonfiction and fiction books about pumpkins. We made diagrams of the parts of a pumpkin and it's lifecycle. We made estimates about the weight, circumference, height, and number of seeds in our pumpkins. We felt the inside and outside of the pumpkins and used adjectives to describe how they felt. After we measured, weighed, and counted the seeds of the pumpkin- we evaluated our estimates (too short, too tall, etc). We put the seeds in groups of ten to practice skip counting. The entire unit was a lot of fun! Here are pictures of the kids during different phases of the investigation.
The kids had a lot of fun and learned a lot! I hope you enjoy the pictures :)
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