The task is for the students to compare and contrast apples and pumpkins based on their knowledge from the apple unit in September and the pumpkin unit. They record one comparison and one contrast fact on their record sheet. The students predict whether a pumpkin will sink or float. The students record their predictions, experiment, record results. I like to provide varying sizes of pumpkins for exploration.
Students estimate, record, then measure for the circumference of several pumpkins using inches.
They also decide if the numbers are odd or even, and they order the pumpkins in various ways. The class is divided into 5 groups. Student record sheets are distributed. An explanation is given for each station. Each group is put at a station and we begin.