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,...

An excellent lesson plan about pumpkins is designed for young learners! This thorough plan has terrific suggestions for activities to do using pumpkins, ideas for art projects, books to read, some nice coloring sheets, and a page of...

If you want more pumpkin seeds, you should get a bigger pumpkin—right? Young harvesters use estimation skills to make a hypothesis about how many seeds they will find in a pumpkin before examining the real number inside.

Light the Halloween festivities with an exercise that connects math, physical science, and language arts. After watching a demonstration of a burning candle, learners use division, multiplication, or algebra to determine how many boxes...

How big is the biggest pumpkin you've ever seen? Did it weigh over a ton—literally? Young learners view pictures of some record-breaking pumpkins, including some that weighed over 1,300 pounds, before answering five word problems about...

Learners explore pumpkins through numerous hands-on activities. They read the book, "Pumpkin, Pumpkin." Students create a story wheel. They illustrate sections of the book. Learners design a mural, create a paper pumpkin patch, and write...

It's time for Halloween and math! Perfect for Fall, this simple worksheet provides a grid for young mathematicians to record their predictions about a pumpkin's height, stem length, diameter, circumference, and weight. After learners...

Student take two sheets (8-1/2- x 1-inches in size) of orange construction paper and hold then together as they cut out the shape of the body (not the stem) of a pumpkin. They should end up with two identical pumpkin shapes. They then...

Students discover the nutrients found in pumpkins. They classify different foods as either fruits or vegetables. They end the lesson plan by making pumpkin seeds or planting them.

Learners discuss emotion, draw pumpkin faces and write about the way their pumpkin is feeling. In this emotions lesson, students make pumpkin faces and match pumpkin seeds to a card with seeds.

Students explore using descriptive words to describe physical appearance. In this appearance lesson, students look at pumpkins and discuss how there is not a perfect pumpkin. Students also hypothesize about what the perfect pumpkin's...

Students identify the 5 stages in the life cycle of a pumpkin. They create a model showing the correct order of pumpkin life stages. They explain a pumpkin's life cycle to a partner, using their model.

Students engage in a creative project to excite them to perform further research in to the concept of pumpkins and how they are grown. The construction of the pumpkin is done with scissors and construction paper. The lesson has an...

Students discuss the harvesting and production of pumpkins. Ingredients for creating a pumpkin pie are divided into 4 or 5 groups. Students follow the directions to make a pumpkin pie. Additional ideas for making a Pumpkin Ag Bag are...

Students create works of art from pumpkins. In this art lesson, students decorate pumpkins in fun and goofy ways. Students use their imaginations while decorating.

Students complete activities with the story Spookley the Square Pumpkin. In this holiday instructional activity, students listen to the story and create their own Spookley pumpkin with Popsicle sticks and paints. They use their character...

Students complete circumference activities using a pumpkin and explore treating people fairly in regards to their physical characteristics. For this math and character lesson, students view images of pumpkins and describe them. Students...

Students listen to a read aloud about the life cycle of the pumpkin and discuss the process. They complete a life cycle booklet.

First graders use the software program, Kidspiration, to create a web. They listen to the book, The Biggest Pumpkin Ever and discuss what they know about pumpkins. They use words that were listed on the board during the discussion to...

This series of investigations lead students to have a greater understanding of the pumpkin and give them a chance to experience scientific study.

Students identify the life cycle of different plants. They complete a life cycle wheel for pumpkins. They draw a picture to go along with each description. They put the life cycle into the correct sequence to complete the lesson.

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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.