Fall Harvest Science

For the past two weeks, the kindergarteners have been exploring the Fall harvest, with a variety of hands-on activities and experiments.

Our first experiment began with Indian corn.
First the students explored the Indian corn using 4 of their 5 senses.  Then I had each student make a prediction of what they think will happen to Indian corn that is placed in water.  Here's what the students predicted:

Indian Corn

1. The corn will float.- Yes!  When we placed the corn in water, it floated.
2. The corn will turn brown.
3. The corn will turn yellow.
4. The corn will sink.- No!
5. The corn will grow.

Check back for updated information with this experiment!

Gourd Experiments

Our class also did a "Sink or Float" experiment with a variety of gourds.
Check out the tally chart with our predictions below:

To our surprise, despite the size or weight, everything floated!

The students learned that it is because they are hollow inside.

For both experiments, the students made predictions, and documented the results in their science journals.

As a special treat, we ate homemade pumpkin seeds!  Some of us liked them, some of us didn't!