Pumpkin Jack

 All for science....

The children were very interested in the science investigations we did before Halloween with pumpkins.  So, we decided to keep it going.  Meet Jack and Jake.  These two are from our class' pumpkins that we carved on Halloween.  Then, after Halloween we put them in a plastic container with some soil on the bottom.  In reading, we have been studying how things in our world grow and change and with Jack and Jake we had a real life examples to observe and study.

Our experiment began on November 2nd, our first day back after Halloween.  We had a  bright, orange, round pumpkin.  On day one we drew the pumpkin and made a prediction about how it would look in twenty days.

Next, we watched.  Jack and Jake changed.  They grew some white fuzz.  The flesh of the pumpkins turned black.  Part of an eye collapsed and fell.  Smiles became quite droopy.  And, let's not forget about another significant change.....the SMELL!  Yikes!  We had to put them outside. About every three days the scientists recorded observations in their journals.

At the end of 20 days, the pumpkins are hardly recognizable.  Decay....one way things in our world can change.