Pumpkin Investigation

Make a book describing the inside and outside of a pumpkin using the five senses and observation skills.

Objectives:

use words to describe inside and outside of the pumpkin
record descriptions on paper (in a pumpkin book)

Materials:

• Pumpkin with a lid pre-cut
• Cover of book – orange construction paper cut in shape of pumpkin, (or with pumpkin outline so that students may cut out.) – 1 for each student
• Inside of book – 1 sheet of white paper in pumpkin shape for each student
• orange yarn
• pumpkin seeds (helps to have some clean dry ones from another pumpkin)
• Chart that says “Inside of a Pumpkin” and “Outside of a Pumpkin” to organize descriptions