Pumpkin Day Math
Pumpkin measuring worksheet: students count ribs, estimate and then weigh their pumpkin, measure circumference, height and stem length in inches and centimeters, solve a word problem and test whether it sinks or floats.
- Grades
- Grades 1–4, Elementary
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Holiday & Seasonal, Seasons, Fall
- Topic
- autumn, fall math
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
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What's inside this resource
Pumpkin Day Math is the perfect Fall activity for your math students.
It can be completed in class or at home.
Students will pick a pumpkin and then:
- complete pumpkin stats (height, stem length, etc.)
- illustrate their pumpkin
- make sink or float predictions
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Measure a pumpkin's circumference, height and stem length in inches and centimeters
- Compare an estimated weight with the actual weight
- Make a prediction, test it and record a conclusion
Teaching tips
- Each student or group needs a real pumpkin, a measuring tape, a scale and a container of water large enough for the float test.
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
- Measurement
- Estimation
- Circumference
- Customary and metric units
- Sink or float
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