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Museums in the Classroom Pumpkin Project

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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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life cycles, pumpkins, fall

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life cycle, model, pumpkins, science
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Resource Details

Grade
1st - 4th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategies
Project-Based Learning
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Year
1997

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