{"id":2310,"date":"2025-10-20T15:30:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/?p=2310"},"modified":"2025-10-20T15:30:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:30:41","slug":"pumpkin-sink-or-float-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/2025\/10\/20\/pumpkin-sink-or-float-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Sink or Float Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do pumpkins sink or float? Hmmmmm\u2026 as scientists, we were wondering what happens to a pumpkin when we put it in water. Will it sink to the bottom or float like a boat?<\/p>\n

We each came up with a hypothesis (fancy science word for \u201cmy guess\u201d) and drew our guess. Then we observed what happened when the pumpkin went into the water.<\/p>\n

\u201cPumpkins float!\u201d<\/p>\n

After observing, we drew the results.<\/p>\n

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Challenge activities at home:<\/strong>
\nTry seeing if a white pumpkin or other types of gourds will sink or float in water.
\nWhat else can you put in the water? Will it sink or float?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do pumpkins sink or float? Hmmmmm\u2026 as scientists, we were wondering what happens to a pumpkin when we put it in water. Will it sink to the bottom or float like a boat? We each came up with a hypothesis (fancy science word for \u201cmy guess\u201d) and drew our guess. Then we observed what happened…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9829,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9829"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2320,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310\/revisions\/2320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}