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Pumpkins
The pumpkin might be the single most amazing plant for youngsters. It's so big! It's leaves, it's stems, it's fruit! And it is easy to grow! This lesson describes all sorts of wonderful pumpkin ideas. Everything from pumpkin stories,...
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Pumpkin Science
Here is a nice instructional activity, which includes some good worksheets, on pumpkins and how they grow. It is an ESL instructional activity designed for beginning and early intermediate students. After listening to some books about...
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What's Inside a Pumpkin
Students make two pumpkins. In this art lesson, students glue yarn and pumpkin seeds on one of the pumpkins and attach the other pumpkin on top of the pumpkin with the seeds with a brad so as to see what is inside a pumpkin.
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Brightly Beaming Resources: From Seed to Pumpkin
Five day lesson plan uses a variety of resources to cover the book, From Seed to Pumpkin, by Wendy Pfeffer.
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Alex: Peeking at Pumpkins
As part of a unit about pumpkins, students will learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin. Student understanding will be aided by the use of the flannel board, individual booklets, and Kid Pix software.
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Alex: Pumpkins
During this lesson students will be involved in hands-on discovery activities using pumpkins and pumpkin seeds. They will compare the size and weight of their pumpkins. They will also have an opportunity to taste pumpkin seeds. Students...
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Alex: What's Inside a Pumpkin?
As part of a study on pumpkins, students will discover what's inside a pumpkin by observing a pumpkin, making individual booklets, and tasting baked pumpkin seeds.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Pumpkin Seeds
This close up photo shows a large number of pumpkin seeds.