The Great Pumpkin Patch Investigation

On Halloween, the second-graders at Waddell Elementary School participated in The Great Pumpkin Patch Investigation. These detectives examined pumpkins using their powers of observation, math and science skills and their taste buds (to sample roasted pumpkin seeds). Organized by teacher Amanda White, and working with the Roots and Shoots Garden volunteers, the pumpkin patch investigation was a “howling” success. ABOVE, Lori Wood and Sue Shultis, Roots and Shoots volunteers, help the secondgraders weigh and measure their pumpkins during the Great Pumpkin Patch Investigation. BELOW, Amanda White helps students dunk their pumpkins while volunteer Vieve Minor offers samples of different flavors of pumpkin seeds. (MaryWoodson photos)