This is week 5 of the 10 part Autumn Nature Series. I had dh pick up a pumpkin while he was out running errands with the boys. Ds2 recently remarked that he missed our nature studies since starting public high school, so we did our pumpkin study this weekend so he could participate as well. We finally had fall-like weather, too; sunny, cool and windy.
Everyone had a turn picking up the pumpkin and seeing how heavy it was. Then we filled a tub with water and predicted whether it would sink or float…there were 3 votes for sink, 1 for float.
It floated! We then discussed why this happened and headed inside to check out the pumpkin’s innards.
Dh was in charge of pumpkin cutting. Ds4 was the supervisor.
Ds2 was in charge of the de-gutting. I tried to get them to estimate how many seeds there would be and all I got was “5” from ds4 and “a lot” from ds2.
As usual, ds3 was not interested in sketching, so I had him fill out a “sink or float” prediction worksheet from kidssoup for his journal entry.
Ds4 and I drew pumpkins and seeds for ours. This was a fun study, and I know the boys all learned a little something. Head over to Barb’s for more Outdoor Hour Challenges.
Wow! That was a really big pumpkin!
ReplyDeleteI love the nature journals....and the idea for a way to learn more about pumpkins. I *did not* know that they would float.
Thanks for sharing your ideas and your entry,
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
Who voted for float?
ReplyDeleteThis looks like so much fun! We'll be doing ours later this week.
ReplyDeleteI love the journal drawing. My kids and I just got back to our journals and we've been enjoying them in this wonderful fall weather!
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