The weekend before two weeks of practicum… I’m so excited to start this project plan with the students. I visited a nursery this morning having an amazing one-day special- $1.99 for any pumpkin any size, and miniature pumpkins and gourds at 2/ 99 cents. I considered getting my pumpkins for class from the beautiful herb farm we are visiting on Monday but the pumpkins at the farm are going to be quite expensive. I also want the students to be able to look at a few before we leave the school. I purchased 1 big pumpkin, 2 medium pumpkins, 2 small pumpkins and 2 strange looking gourds all for $8.65. I think all of that would have cost me a fortune anywhere else. Good thing I’m a bargain hunter and hoarder- it’s already coming in handy for Kindergarten! Plus, I have big plans for these pumpkins and I think they’ll be worth it. I can’t wait for the students to have a look around the farm or see the look on their faces when we check out the weird gourds.
Our essential question is: “Have you ever seen a pumpkin that grows from a seed?”
Who knows what other questions we’ll have or what ideas we’ll come up with. Especially since we are using the scientific method as a framework for our investigation. Of course-the scientific method in it’s most basic form!
“Scientists ask questions, and they make observations.”
I’ll make sure to keep this section of my blog updated with our questions and observations!
Absent from photo: big pumpkin