Pumpkins

This week, we started an experiment with a pie pumpkin.  As the students watched, I cut the top off a pie pumpkin, added some potting soil, water, and placed it in the window sill.  As we keep the pumpkin watered, eventually the seeds in the pumpkin will sprout and grow!  I did this experiment last year and the students loved watching the new plants grow in the pumpkin!

We have been talking about the life cycle of a pumpkin and this way, the students can see how a pumpkin starts as a seed and sprouts into a plant, in a fun way!  The students touched the inside of the pumpkin and described what they felt.  We talked about the seeds and the students were able to look inside the pumpkin.  Several of the students were making connections between this activity and the jack-o-lantern we carved last year.  The students are very excited see the seeds sprout!  I will post more pictures!  

Check out the pictures from last year!

I found the experiment on the blog below.  It  is a great blog!  It even has the Indian Corn experiment.  Click below!

http://www.growinginprek.com/apps/blog/categories/show/1107488-pumpkins