We re Into Pumpkins Adapted lesson from 2003 Project Food, Land & People

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1 TITLE WRITTEN BY EDITED BY We re Into Pumpkins Adapted lesson from 2003 Project Food, Land & People Cori Thielges Dan Anderson, Prairie Public GRADE LEVELS PreK 6 TIME ALLOTMENT Six to eight 20 minute sessions. OVERVIEW Through hands on, interdisciplinary activities, students learn about pumpkins as fruits and as food sources. They also learn about the process of decay. SUBJECT MATTER Mathematics Science Language Arts Social Studies LEARNING OBJECTIVES The students will: - describe pumpkins, including the parts, colors, sizes, and shapes - learn new words for describing pumpkins, pumpkin plant parts, and uses of pumpkins - explore uses of pumpkins in the past and present - predict, measure or count, record, and draw conclusions about the decomposition of pumpkins. NORTH DAKOTA ACADEMIC STANDARDS Science Standard 2: Students use the process of science inquiry. K.2.1 Use senses (i.e. sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste) to make observations about the world around them. Math Standard 4: Students use concepts and tools of measurement to describe and quantify the world. K.4.6 Measure length with non standard units

2 MEDIA COMPONENTS Sesame Street : Surprises in the Pumpkin Patch (1:27) Elmo and his friends arrive at a pumpkin patch and meet a pumpkin that tells them everything that they can use pumpkins for. Sid the Science Kid: The Decayed Pumpkin (1:28) 71e6 402c a065 a1b18296e89e/ This clip shows how a pumpkin decomposes over time. This will be used after the completion of all the lessons. All About the Pumpkin (1.28) about the pumpkin all about the pumpkin This clip can be used with older students because there is only music in the background, but it has some very interesting facts about pumpkins. MATERIALS pumpkins newspapers knife large spoons paper plates to hold seeds weight scale rulers and flexible measuring tapes writing and drawing materials graph paper copies of the following, scanned and downloaded into an interactive whiteboard; Pumpkins!, Our Pumpkin and Our Pumpkin Data sheets Optional: additional scales, pumpkin cutting safety knives, vinyl mats PREP FOR TEACHERS Download worksheets into the interactive whiteboard program making it possible to access and document the students findings later. Set up stations or an area for the teacher to cut open a pumpkin and remove the insides. Have a bucket of water on hand to test the sink/float hypothesis. INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY: SETTING THE STAGE 1. Tell the students that they are going to go on a virtual field trip to a pumpkin patch. Watch the video Sesame Street: Surprise in the Pumpkin Patch. 2. Ask the students if they have ever been to a pumpkin patch. Invite them to tell the class what it was like. 3. Tell the class that they will be exploring the pumpkin over the next few days and find out all the interesting things about pumpkins.

3 LEARNING ACTIVITIES 1. Explain to the students that this is a lesson about pumpkins. To find out what students already know, ask: What is a pumpkin? What do you know about pumpkins? Where do pumpkins come from? What do we use pumpkins for? Continue to explore what students already know about pumpkins through a brainstorming activity in which students imagine all the possible uses for pumpkins, today and in the far past. The teacher will write down student answers on the interactive whiteboard or board. 2. Show students the video All About Pumpkins (1:28). Depending on the age level the teacher may have to read the information and pause at certain parts. Discuss the video. 3. Read The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons. You may want to guide your students to further explore pumpkins and the history by asking the following questions: Where did pumpkins come from? (The first pumpkins were grown by American Indians in North America and South America.) To whom have pumpkins been important? (Native Americans used pumpkins in many ways. Many early settlers were saved from starvation by eating pumpkins given to them by Native Americans.) Where do pumpkins grow today? (They are grown in gardens and pumpkin patches in all but the coldest areas of the world.) Which parts of the pumpkin do we eat? (Seeds and flesh. Blossoms also can be eaten or put into soups.) 4. Divide students into small groups, one group for each of the experiment stations with a pumpkin. Ask students to examine their pumpkins carefully. Make a list of their observations and descriptions on a white board. Ask the following questions: What do you notice about your pumpkin? What color(s) do you see on your pumpkin? What shape is your pumpkin? How can you tell which side of the pumpkin rested on the ground? What parts do you see? (Top, side, stem, ridges) How does the shell feel compared with the stem (if there is one)? How would you describe the smell of your pumpkin? Run your fingers lightly over your pumpkin.how would you describe the feel of the pumpkin? The feel of the stem? The shape of the stem? (Point out that the stem holds the pumpkin to the vine and is six or eight sided rather than round.) The teacher documents the student observations on the white board or interactive whiteboard. Refer to this information as the lesson continues.

4 5. The teacher will access the worksheet Our Pumpkin Data Sheet on the interactive whiteboard. The class works through the worksheet together. Ask the following questions: How many grooves are on your pumpkin? Guess first, then count and record on your data sheet. (The grooves are the valleys or indentations.) How many ribs does your pumpkin have? Again, estimate, count and record. (The ribs are the mountains, or raised parts on the outer shell of the pumpkin. 6. How big are the pumpkins? As the groups of students work together have each group estimate the circumference, diameter and height of the pumpkin. Fill in the Our Guess data column posted on the interactive whiteboard. 7. Each group of students then measures the circumference, diameter and the height of their pumpkin. Record the actual data in the Real Data column. Before they measure, demonstrate the following techniques: Students use the flexible tape measure to measure the pumpkin s circumference (around the middle) where it is the biggest. To measure diameter, have students place rulers on both sides of the pumpkin at the widest place and measure the distance between the two rulers with the tape measure. For height, students measure the highest point of the pumpkin excluding the stem. 8. Ask students to write a guess about whether their pumpkin will float. Use a trash can partially filled with water to test a pumpkin. (It will float.) Try dunking several different size pumpkins. 9. Direct the student groups to bring their pumpkins to the weigh in center and weigh it after they guess about the weight. Have groups compare who has the largest, heaviest, smallest and lightest pumpkin. Add other comparisons that your group notices. What other words can they use to describe their pumpkins? 10. The teacher cuts each pumpkin open horizontally across the top. Students continue to make observations. Ask these questions: What is the outside of the pumpkin called? (shell) What do you see inside? (Introduce new terms: flesh, stringy pulp, and seeds.) What do you think is the main job of the flesh? (It holds, nourishes and protects the seeds from which the next generation of pumpkins will grow.) How do the hard shell and flesh together protect the seeds? (The hardness and thickness provided by the shell and flesh help maintain a moist internal environment for the seed and create a barrier from external damaging effects such as hail or fallen tree limbs.) Are the seeds just scattered or are they arranged in some way? (They are scattered throughout the inside of the pumpkin but connected to stringy pulp.) What shape are the seeds? (teardrop)

5 How would you describe the feel of the inside of the pumpkin? (Possible answers: squishy, stringy, wet.) How many seeds do you guess (estimate) your pumpkin has in it? (Guess, then count. Since there are a large number of seeds, ask students to group seeds by 10s for counting.) Document the students findings on the interactive whiteboard. 11. Summarize the lesson by having students answer these questions. Where did pumpkins come from? Where do pumpkins grow today? How did people long ago use pumpkins? How do we use pumpkins today? 12. View the video Sid the Science Kid: The Decayed Pumpkin (1:28) 71e6 402c a065 a1b18296e89e/ This clip shows how a pumpkin decomposes over time. 13. After viewing the video the teacher cuts a pumpkin into strips and puts the strips into a sealable container. The class will document their observations biweekly for the remainder of the school year and watch the decomposition process. 14. The students clean up their areas carefully after the pumpkin experiments. CULMINATING ACTIVITIES 1. Bury or compost the pumpkin remains to recycle nutrients to the soil by lining an old aquarium with foil, putting some soil in the bottom, laying the pumpkin on the soil and covering with more soil. Cover the aquarium. Make a list of student generated predictions about what will happen. Leave the aquarium where you can look at it until spring. Uncover the aquarium. Students will be excited to see that they can put their hands in the soil and find their pumpkin has turned into soil. Use the soil to plant more pumpkin seeds so students will have plants to take home. 2. Enjoy a taste treat of toasted pumpkin seeds. Wash the seeds, sprinkle lightly with salt or Creole seasoning and toast on a greased cookie sheet at 325 degrees for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool and eat! 3. Visit a pumpkin patch to see the pumpkins growing. 4. Make a class pumpkin books with covers and pages in the shape of a pumpkin. Have students use new vocabulary words and descriptive observation words to write about pumpkins. On the covers have students draw and write about outside characteristics. On the inside pages the students will draw and write about a pumpkin s inside characteristics. 5. Decorate pumpkins using markers and paints.

6 CROSS CURRICULAR EXTENSIONS Social Studies: Do a mini lesson on the Native Americans and how they used pumpkins Language Arts: Have the students write about their pumpkins in journals or document the growth cycle. Have students view video to practice letter identification and spelling skills while building the word pumpkin d 4ad6 912f 118e069cf899/ COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS Have the students help plant and maintain a Community Garden like the one located at Yunker Farm in Fargo. This is a garden that is used to collect fresh produce for the local Food Pantry of Fargo.

7 STUDENT MATERIALS PUMPKINS! Name: Directions: Use this sheet to list possible uses for pumpkins, today and in the far past.

8 OUR PUMPKIN Names: What colors do you see on your pumpkin? Using the following words, draw a line from each word to the correct part of the pumpkin. stem shell flesh seeds grooves ribs top side vine leaf \

9 OUR PUMPKIN DATA Names: How Many? Our Guesses Real Data Groves Ribs Circumference Diameter Do you think the pumpkin will float? Number of Seeds Weight What is something that I learned about pumpkins?

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