Monday, August 24, 2009

Pumpkin Seeds


At the beginning of the year we counted how many seeds were in a sunflower and were quiet amazed at how many there were. We were making pumpkin soup one day and decided to find out how many seeds were in the pumpkin. First we all estimated / guessed how many we thought were in it.

Ruby 204 seeds

Charlotte 354 seeds

Dad 464 seeds

Mum 521 seeds

Oliver 488 seeds

Tom 100 seeds

We scooped the seeds out with a spoon and then picked out the rest with our hands. They were very slimy. We put them into ice cubes in groups of 10 to count them. We had 366 seeds altogether. Charlotte was the closest.

We made our pumpkin soup and had it with bread for lunch. It was yummy.

Written by Charlotte and Mummy