{"id":1604,"date":"2015-10-25T20:01:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T03:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2015-10-25T20:13:08","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T03:13:08","slug":"pumpkin-carving-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/2015\/10\/25\/pumpkin-carving-in-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Carving in the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As part of our pumpkin unit, last Tuesday afternoon we dissected the class pumpkin that I got from our trip to the Laity Pumpkin Patch. \u00a0I had a bulb \/ root that had come out of my garden when I was collecting leaves for our Elements of Art lesson a few weeks ago. \u00a0So we began by talking about the ways that plants grow – bulbs or seeds. \u00a0We talked about the similarities and differences between the two methods. While one is a bulb, and the other a seed, they both are planted in soil and begin by sending roots down into the earth. \u00a0The jobs of the roots are to hold the plant securely in place and to suck up water to provide the plant with the means to make food. \u00a0Once the plants are ‘grounded’ they send shoots up into the air from which the plants grow. \u00a0We have spent a fair bit of time over the past two weeks discussing the process of photosynthesis – the way that plants use water, air, and sunlight to make their own food (glucose).<\/p>\n

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I had cut the lid off of the pumpkin and then let the students clean it out. \u00a0Those students, who wanted to, formed a very productive assembly line which included: some students cleaning out the seeds and pulp; some washing the seeds; and others drying the seeds and putting them onto a cookie sheet. \u00a0I baked these after school and left them for the students to have the next day.<\/p>\n

The students had all tried the pumpkin pie that I brought into class the day after Thanksgiving so they were interested in seeing the part of the pumpkin that we eat.<\/p>\n

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