Kindergarten Team

Pumpkin Experiment

In Kindergarten we celebrated the fall season by having a pumpkin lab in all the classes! The students were excited to use their five senses to investigate a pumpkin with their class. They applied both math and science in their investigations.

Students used their knowledge of properties to describe and draw a pumpkin just like a scientist!

Students estimated how tall a pumpkin was using blocks. They then measured the pumpkin to find the actual height.

“I learned how to measure it with blocks and string.” – Jasmine
“I guessed it would be 5 blocks tall, but it was really 10.” - Rex

The kindergarten students then peeked inside, once again using their knowledge of properties to describe what they saw and felt.   Students estimated how many seeds were inside and the teacher helped count them all! Wow! There were a lot!

“The pumpkin, it has lots of seeds. Ours had 454!” – Paiton
“We dug in it and got the seeds out. It felt slimy.” – Angelito
“The pumpkin was slimy and gross.” – Mady

Students also got to estimate the circumference of their pumpkin with string and then checked it to see if they were just right, too long or too short.

The last lab the students participated in was to see if the pumpkin would sink or float. Most of the kindergartens were astonished that the pumpkin actually floated!

“Our pumpkin didn’t sink!” – Jacob
“Pumpkins can float.” – Erin

The students recorded all their observations and discoveries in their pumpkin notebook! After that they discussed their findings with their friends.