A Pumpkins Life Cycle

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A Pumpkins Life Cycle

• By Jennifer Riley
• Grade 3

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Understanding

• A pumpkins life cycle
• Math and Pumpkins
• Pumpkin recipes
• Pumpkin Activities

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Introduction

• I bet you didnt know that like you, a pumpkin
  goes through life stages. After this power point
  presentation you will see the stages a pumpkin
  goes through, apply your math skills, and enjoy
  several fun and exciting pumpkin activities!!

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5 Stages of a Pumpkins Life
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Stage One

• The seed

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Stage Two

• The Plant

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Stage Three

• The Flower

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Stage Four

• The Green Pumpkin

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Stage Five

• The Orange Pumpkin

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My Pumpkin and Math/Science

• In this section each student should have their
  own Pumpkin.
• We will then all make measurements of how many
  inches our pumpkin is around.
• How many lines our pumpkins have.
• Estimated how many seeds are inside
• We will then make a graph of our estimated guess
  and are findings.
• You will be graded based on a rubrics that I
  will go over so you understand what is expected
  of you.

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Graph Example

• This is a my Pumpkin. I guessed it had 16 lines,
  I then counted and it had 20. I then estimated it
  to be 18 around I then took my ruler and
  measured 15 around. I then took a wild guess and
  said that there would be 100 seeds in my Pumpkin.
  I was wrong there were only 75. This graph
  demonstrates my estimations and my findings. You
  will also be making your own Bar graphs and
  estimations.

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Fun Pumpkin Activities

• Pumpkin Poems/songs
• Pumpkin games
• Decorating our Pumpkins
• Making our classroom jack o lantern
• Yummy pumpkin recipes
• Watch Charlie Brown Halloween

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Five Little Pumpkins

• Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate. The
  first one said, "Oh my, it's getting late." The
  second one said, "There are witches in the air."
  The third one said, "But we don't care." The
  fourth one said, "Let's run and run and run!"
  The fifth one said, "We're ready for some fun."
  Then "OOOOOO" went the wind and out went the
  lights, And the five little pumpkins rolled out
  of sight!

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Pumpkin Bocce

• Object of Game Roll a pumpkin closest to the big
  pumpkin.
• Preparation
• Carve out a large pumpkin.
• Buy several miniature or round sugar pumpkins.
• Playing the Game
• Place the big, carved out pumpkin several feet
  away.
• Give each player a small pumpkin.
• Each player rolls (No tossing or throwing) their
  pumpkin and tries to be the closest to the big
  pumpkin.
• The player closest wins a prize or piece of
  candy.
• Play as many times as you want.
• Have Fun!!!!!

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Decorated Pumpkins

• Here are some examples of decorated pumpkins.
• Have fun!!! You have full creative control!!!!

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Classroom Jack O Lantern

• We will all vote on what shapes to make the eyes,
  nose, and mouth.
• I will draw on the pumpkin with black marker.
• I will cut, and clean the pumpkin. While applying
  safe ways to handle a knife.

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Pumpkin Seeds

• With the seeds from our classroom jack o lantern
  we will
• Wash them
• Towel dry them
• Place them on a baking sheet
• Sprinkle salt on them
• Bake on 350 for 8-10 minutes
• I will be the one putting them in the oven, if
  done at home make sure you have total adult
  supervision at all times.
• Yum Yum Lets eat them!!

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A Charlie Brown Halloween

• http//myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseactionvids.ind
  ividualvideoid7154410

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Sources

• www.halloween-website.com/pumpkin_seeds.htm
• www.backyardgardener.com/hickman.html
• www.pumpkin-games.net