The Pumpkin Inquiry

 The Pumpkin Inquiry

As  a part of the Science Kindergarten Curriculum, students are required to learn about life cycles. Since it's pumpkin season, we decided why not learn about the life cycle of the pumpkin. However, there is so much more a pumpkin can teach us like size, shape, and color.

Here students use selected colors to complete their drawing of the pumpkin presented to them. There were four different pumpkins. Some were orange, and some were yellow. Some were long, and others were short. Finally, some were big and some were small. 

What size is your pumpkin? 

'My Pumpkin is 10 blocks tall'.

Using blocks as a measurement tool. 

 The library provided us with some great books on the life cycle of a pumpkin. In the books, we found the proper terms for the life cycle including; seeds, sprout, vine, flower and pumpkin.

Sprouts have arrived.

Then comes the flower.

Finally, our pumpkins are ready to pick!

Opening up the pumpkins.

Learning new terms:
- Rind
- Pulp
-Seeds