This challenge was fun and messy! Since we completed the first ten challenges over at the Handbook of Nature Study, I thought we should at least try to do one of the autumn challenges. We decided on the pumpkin challenge, which involved cutting up our pumpkins.
First, we estimated how many seeds we thought might be in each pumpkin.
First, we estimated how many seeds we thought might be in each pumpkin.
At the bottom of the board are the kids' estimations and words they used to describe the experience of digging out the seeds of a pumpkin.
Let the scooping begin!
We rinsed the seeds,
drained them, and counted them.
Grant's pumpkin was the winner with 545 seeds!
