Pumpkin Math!

How many different ways can you measure a pumpkin?  Circumference? Height? Weight? Last week the Bumblebees were doing just that.  Using their own pumpkin and manipulatives, they got to know their pumpkin really well.  Later, we were invited to the Navigator and Explorer classrooms to make estimations about the number of seeds in each pumpkin.  The students had to clean it out, sort and determine a strategy for counting all the seeds.  In the end, the Bumblebees wrote their work out in their sketch journals. It was a great opportunity for these kiddos to work with cross-grade peers and use problem solving skills.