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Title - Pumpkin Activities
By - Jamie Rhodes
Subject - Math, Art, Language Arts
Grade Level - 4-8
Students are to bring in a pumpkin.
Step 1- Students need to estimate how much their pumpkin weighs.
Step 2- Students weigh the pumpkin.
Step 3- Students are to compare their estimation to the actual weight.
Step 4- Student cut the top of their pumpkin off.
Step 5- Estimate how much pumpkin will weigh without the top.
Step 6- Weigh pumpkin without top.
Step 7- Estimate how much the pumpkin will weigh without the pulp and top.
Step 8- Remove the pulp and seeds. Then weigh the pumpkin.
Step 9- Estimate how much the pumpkin will weigh without the pulp, but with the top.
Step 10- Students weigh the pumpkin without the pulp, but with the lid.
Step 11- Students carve a jack-o-lantern from their pumpkin.
Step 12- Students create a story about their pumpkin.

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