The children were very interested in the science investigations we did before Halloween with pumpkins. So, we decided to keep it going. Meet Lizzie. Lizzie was one of our class' pumpkins that we carved on Halloween. Then, after Halloween we put her 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 Lizzie we had a real life example to observe and study.
Our experiment began on November first. 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. Lizzie has changed. She grew some white fuzz. The flesh of the pumpkin turned black. Part of her eye collapsed and fell inside. Her smile became quite droopy. And, let's not forget about another significant change.....the SMELL! Yikes! About every three days the scientists recorded observations in their journals.
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