Division 7 knows the importance of play.  Through play, we can use our imagination and curiosity to explore the world around us and learn new things.  Here we are engaged in puroposeful play.

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Division 7 was surprised to find out how many seeds were in our pumpkin.   We put the seeds in groups of ten and then counted them.  There were 588 seeds.  We know that the size of the pumpkin doesn’t mean that there are more seeds.  We learned that a pumpkin has more seeds if it has a lot of ribs, and it is a darker orange.  That means that the pumpkin has been growing longer.

Ms. Gourlay roasted the seeds and we ate them!  Delicious!

Do you know what is great about pumpkins?  Everything!  Division 7 learned that pumpkins are not vegetables.  They are a kind of fruit called a gourd.  We named our class pumpkin Penelope.  We weighed it, measured its height and circumference, counted its ribs and seeds, and found out whether it would sink or float in water.  Here we are hard at work.[metaslider id=2776]

We found out that our pumpkin was four times bigger around than it is high.