Pumpkin Math

When we returned to the school with our pumpkins and gourds, we used our math skills to discover how tall they were with linking cubes, what the distance around was (circumference) with chains, and we predicted if our pumpkin or gourd would sink or float. Most children predicted it would sink and even after many floated, they were sure the large class pumpkin would sink. No, we learned that all pumpkins and gourds do in fact float. We went to Wonderopolis.org to find the reason for this floating! Click on this link to learn all about the scientific reason https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/do-pumpkins-float-or-sink