Pumpkin investigations

Here are some pictures from our experiments and investigations with pumpkins. First we made hypotheses about pumpkins. Then we experimented on the pumpkins. We measured the circumference of our pumpkin. After that we counted all of the lines on the pumpkin. Then we counted the seeds and my group had the most seeds. My most favorite part of all was to put my really big pumpkin in a bucket of water and my really big pumpkin floated.

:) Alexus

Pumpkins galore!

We did some fun experiments with the pumpkins that we harvested in the garden. Then Laura Carter (Kathleen's mom) took some of the pumpkins home and prepared them for some more fun stuff. She roasted the seeds for the students to snack on and prepared the pulp for future recipes.
She brought in an ice cream maker and all of the proper ingredients for homemade pumpkin ice cream. All of the students participated in executing the recipe and everyone enjoyed the tasty concoction. It was a real autumn treat.

We ate a cactus!

Today we went into the garden for the first time. We found snails and a praying mantis.We got to pick grapes,corn, and pumpkins. We got to eat the grapes. It was fun. Then Ruben came in and he showed us how to eat a cactus fruit from Mexico that grew in the garden. He called it "tunas." It was actually good.

:) Michaela

When I went into the garden, it was so big. I could not believe how big it was. I saw very big sunflowers, but they were all dying. There was corn in the garden. The grass was so tall and green. I had one fig. When I opened it, it looked gross; but when I tasted it, it was so good.

:) Erika C.