HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

We started off our exciting day with a story and movement activity using the book, The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything by Megan Lloyd.We then moved onto a "Halloween Favorites" writing response. We did an AMAZING job drawing and labeling our detailed pictures!

 

 

 PARTY TIME!!!

 

 

A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR AWESOME VOLUNTEERS!

MORE Pumpkin Science!!!

We read the book, How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by M. McNamara and learned that the attributes of pumpkins can tell us a lot about them! We used our newly gained knowledge to make smart predictions about how many seeds were in our big and little pumpkins! With a partner, we estimated how many seeds were in our "pile of pumpkin" and partners decided how to team up to count their seeds. Some took different roles, while others split the counting and some even made groups of seeds and counted by tens!

Did you know that the shade of orange and the lines on the outside of the pumpkin can give you clues about how many seeds are inside it?

 

Partners grouped their seeds to count by tens!

 

Further exploration awaits us at our science center!

Pumpkin Science!

Scientists used the Scientific Method to conduct their first pumpkin experiment!
1. We asked a question: Will the pumpkins sink or float in water? 2. We made and recorded  hypotheses 3. We conducted the experiment 4. We observed the pumpkins 5. We made a conclusion 6. We reported out and recorded our results.

In our second science experiment, we asked the question, "How tall is our pumpkin?" We used Unifix Cubes as a measure for our hypotheses and for conducting the experiment. We discovered that our pumpkin is 12 cubes tall and one friend's estimate was correct!

In the next experiment, we asked the question,  "How big around is our pumpkin?" We observed the pumpkin, formulated ideas and held it. We used string to show our estimates of the pumpkin's circumference.  We discovered that our pumpkin's circumference is 29" around and while no one had the correct estimate, some were very close!

Fall Show And Share Friends!