The kids really have a blast when we do our pumpkin unit and so do I! There are many subject areas and state standards that can be covered by exploring pumpkins. For example, we:

• Measured the circumference with string, the height with unifix cubes and made comparisons of the data collected
  
  

• Estimated the number of seeds in each pumpkin
  
  

• Made predictions whether pumpkins could float; brainstormed why  pumpkins float
  
  

• Charted describing words on a large pumpkin based on personal experience of how the inside of a pumpkin feels, looks, tastes and smells
  
  

• Wrote and illustrated a book about pumpkins
  
  

• Learned how plants grow by planting the pumpkin seeds in baggies
  
  

• Graphed who liked pumpkin shakes and who did not