![]() ![]() This pumpkin patch play dough loose parts center was a fun way to reinforce each stage of the life cycle of a pumpkin. ![]() A great fall-time center, if you get it right! ![]() It is a great fine motor center, the students pointed out different shapes they saw or created, they worked cooperatively, and they thought it was so much fun. The nails stayed in the pumpkin and our students have used it and loved it! I’m so glad I didn’t give up on this activity, and I hope that other teachers can learn from my crazy experience (I can joke about it because no one was hurt, but in all seriousness, it could have easily been a disaster). So the next day, I made a second attempt, this time with a hammer and some nails: I also saw that some other teachers had used nails instead. And they had, apparently with much greater success than me. I went home and I thought about it, then looked to see if other teachers had attempted the activity. ARGH! So I took the pumpkin away and put regular geoboards out and told the students I would try to come up with a solution (they really wanted to use the center). Again, I was wrong… they still went sailing across our classroom as soon as the elastic hit them. So I closed the center, and hot glued the pushpins during morning recess. It was like super pointy bullets flying across our kindergarten classroom. As soon as students started putting elastics on the pushpins they ricocheted around the room. Right? Well if you thought that, well I have a newsflash for you: you are WRONG! I had this great invitation to create set-up. It seemed like a simple enough idea: get a pumpkin, put pushpins in it, add elastics, and you have a great fine motor activity. Pumpkin geoboards are a great fine motor activity, and our students were so excited to use it. Learn about the history of pumpkins in America.We are heading to the farm next week, and our students are really excited about getting a chance to pick their own pumpkins! In preparation, we have been learning about the pumpkin life cycle and we had some really fun hands-on activities using pumpkins in our classroom:.Learn about the geography of where pumpkins grow in the world and complete a map.Pumpkin Geography, History, and Language Arts Do larger pumpkins fall faster than smaller pumpkins?.Do larger pumpkins splatter more than smaller pumpkins?.If you can safely do so, drop pumpkins from a height to answer such questions as:.Look for signs to see where the pumpkin touched the ground and notice differences in the shell.Īctivities to Do When You’re Finished with the Pumpkins.Observe and note the differences between the inner and outer shell of the pumpkin.Estimate the number of seeds, then count the seeds and compare your estimate.Activities to Do When Cutting Into the Pumpkin Do varying inclines make a difference in how far a pumpkin rolls?.Which pumpkin goes farther when rolled down an incline?.Which pumpkin makes the fewest revolutions to reach the finish line?.Have pumpkin races to answer such questions as:.Make graphs of any comparison data you collect.determine averages data such as height, weight, volume.If you have several pumpkins or several children, make comparisons between the pumpkins.To determine the volume of the pumpkin, simply subtract the smaller number from the larger number. Submerge the pumpkin and write the new water volume measurement. Before putting the pumpkin in the water, record the volume of water by using the measurements on the side of the container. The container needs to be big enough to immerse the pumpkin completely in the water. (This is ideal to do with a smaller pumpkin.) Place water into a container with measured marks. Measure the volume of the pumpkin using water displacement.Measure the heights and widths of the pumpkin and its stem.Use an equation like Total Weight – P = New Weight. For example, weigh three pumpkins on a scale together. Estimate the weight and use a scale to weigh the pumpkin. ![]()
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