2. A Pumpkins Life Cycle By Jennifer Riley Grade 3

3. Understanding A pumpkins life cycle Math and Pumpkins Pumpkin recipes Pumpkin Activities

4. Introduction I bet you didn’t 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!!

5. 5 Stages of a Pumpkins Life

6. Stage One The seed The seed

7. Stage Two The Plant The Plant

8. Stage Three The Flower The Flower

9. Stage Four The Green Pumpkin The Green Pumpkin

10. Stage Five The Orange Pumpkin The Orange Pumpkin

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. Fun Pumpkin Activities Pumpkin Poems/songs Pumpkin games Decorating our Pumpkins Making our classroom jack o” lantern Yummy pumpkin recipes Watch Charlie Brown Halloween

14. 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!

15. 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!!!!!

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

17. 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.

18. 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!!

19. A Charlie Brown Halloween http://myspacetv.com/inde x.cfm?fuseaction=vids.i ndividual&videoid=715 4410 http://myspacetv.com/inde x.cfm?fuseaction=vids.i ndividual&videoid=715 4410

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