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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 Patch
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...
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Case of the Missing Pumpkin
Scientists define and discuss decomposition, and watch pumpkins decompose and return to soil in classroom experiment. They record the date the experiment began, chart changes in pumpkins on a calendar, count how many days it takes...
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Pumpkin Science
Here is a nice lesson, which includes some good worksheets, on pumpkins and how they grow. It is an ESL lesson designed for beginning and early intermediate students. After listening to some books about pumpkins, learners label pumpkin...
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Pumpkin Predictions
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...
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Pumpkins
Observe the differences between the inside and outside of a pumpkin. Learners discuss what pumpkins are used for and then view a pumpkin. Next, they view the inside of the pumpkin and draw the differences they see.
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Oodles Of Pumpkins
Young scholars investigate the holiday of Halloween and focus upon the creation and origin of jack-o'-lanterns. They look through various resources and then observations are made of how pumpkins are grown. Then students create drawings...
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Pumpkin Time
In these two lessons, science learners participate in various activities involving pumpkins. They investigate and research the life cycle of a pumpkin. They observe pumpkin growth and decomposition. Finally, they estimate and measure...
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Amazing Pumpkins
Students discover the nutrients found in pumpkins. They classify different foods as either fruits or vegetables. They end the lesson by making pumpkin seeds or planting them.
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Pumpkins!
Students 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.
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The Is No Such Thing as a Perfect Pumpkin
Students explore using descriptive words to describe physical appearance. In this appearance lesson plan, students look at pumpkins and discuss how there is not a perfect pumpkin. Students also hypothesize about what the perfect...
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Pumpkins-Life Cycle of a Plant
In this lesson, Pumpkins-Life Cycle of a Plant, students study the life cycle of a pumpkin. Students will analyze the pumpkin and how it goes from seed to pumpkin over a three days of activities. Students sing a song teaching them about...
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How a Pumpkin Grows
In this picture story pumpkin worksheet, students color and cut apart 6 parts of the story of pumpkin growing from planting the seed to eating pie. This could be used to sequence a story.
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Apples and Pumpkins
Learners complete a variety of activities related to the book "Apples and Pumpkins." They listen to the book, generate a list of words starting with P, taste foods made from apples, and sequence the events from the book. Students then...
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The Legend of Jack-O'-Lantern
Students examine various Halloween traditions and the legend of the Jack O'Lantern. They listen to the story "Pumpkin Pumpkin," examine a map and locate the origins of pumpkins, weigh and measure a pumpkin and graph the results, and...
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Pumpkin Investigation
Students examine pumpkins and make a book depicting and describing the inside and outside of a pumpkin.
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Pump Up the Curriculum With Pumpkins!
Students complete a variety of activities as they examine "pumpkins."
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Museums in the Classroom Pumpkin Project
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.
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3D Pumpkins
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...
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Silly Pumpkins: Just for Fun
Young scholars create works of art from pumpkins. In this art lesson, students decorate pumpkins in fun and goofy ways. Young scholars use their imaginations while decorating.
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Halloween
In this English worksheet, students answer questions about Halloween. The students also find 13 related Halloween words in a word search. The questions are about Halloween traditions and history.
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Pumpkin Science
Students investigate how plants grow by analyzing pumpkins. In this agricultural lesson, students read The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll, and draw pictures of a pumpkin in each of its growing stages. Students measure and dissect...
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Spookley the Square Pumpkin
Students complete activities with the story Spookley the Square Pumpkin. In this holiday lesson, students listen to the story and create their own Spookley pumpkin with Popsicle sticks and paints. They use their character counts traits...
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Pumpkin Fallacies
Young scholars complete circumference activities using a pumpkin and explore treating people fairly in regards to their physical characteristics. In this math and character instructional activity, students view images of pumpkins and...