{"id":7144,"date":"2021-10-28T15:51:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T22:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/?p=7144"},"modified":"2021-10-28T16:01:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T23:01:01","slug":"perfect-pumpkins-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/2021\/10\/28\/perfect-pumpkins-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Pumpkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ability to use the senses to make exploratory observations is a curricular competency of the science curriculum for kindergarten.\u00a0 The little scientists of Division 12\u00a0 practiced this competency by using their <strong>five senses<\/strong>\u00a0to describe the properties of our class pumpkin.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 50px;\" width=\"140\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 232px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 387px; height: 232px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2021\/10\/F290E6BF-935A-4D8D-A75D-CE95234C2D32-e1635450296293.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7119\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2021\/10\/F290E6BF-935A-4D8D-A75D-CE95234C2D32-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 387px; height: 232px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2021\/10\/F1AAE53E-5E8E-4B9A-86DF-053AB2CB3849-e1635450269567.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7120\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2021\/10\/F1AAE53E-5E8E-4B9A-86DF-053AB2CB3849-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 387px; height: 0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2021\/10\/6E0F8CDD-53A4-4B41-9D93-679BDDDE3860-e1635450371769.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7118\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2021\/10\/6E0F8CDD-53A4-4B41-9D93-679BDDDE3860-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 387px; height: 0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2021\/10\/9FCFE48F-D160-49D2-BFC7-890FDD89FEDE-e1635450322492.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7117\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2021\/10\/9FCFE48F-D160-49D2-BFC7-890FDD89FEDE-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>We described what our pumpkin <strong>looked<\/strong> like: orange, round, small, short, skin, stem, ribs.\u00a0 We shook the pumpkin and <strong>heard<\/strong> it rattle.\u00a0 We took off the lid and looked inside: pulp, seeds, stringy goo.\u00a0 We <strong>smelled<\/strong> the pumpkin:\u00a0 phew!\u00a0 We <strong>touched<\/strong> the pulp and separated the seeds.\u00a0 \u00a0Finally, we cooked the seeds and <strong>tasted<\/strong> them: delicious!<\/p>\n<p>We were surprised by the number of seeds that were in our small pumpkin.\u00a0 We found out that if a pumpkin is<strong> dark orange and has a lot of ribs<\/strong>, it has been growing longer and will have <strong>more seeds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We also learned about the <strong>life cycle of a pumpkin<\/strong> (seed, seedling, plant, vine, flower, green pumpkin, orange pumpkin), and <strong>what pumpkins need in order to grow<\/strong> (soil, sun, water, oxygen).<\/p>\n<p><em>Ask me to tell you what I know about pumpkins.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ability to use the senses to make exploratory observations is a curricular competency of the science curriculum for kindergarten.\u00a0 The little scientists of Division 12\u00a0 practiced this competency by using their five senses\u00a0to describe the properties of our class pumpkin. 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