How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?

Last week we asked, "How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?" On Wednesday, we looked at three different sized pumpkins and guessed which pumpkin had the most seeds. Most students guessed that the biggest pumpkin, had the most seeds. Which one would you guess had the most seeds?



We then cut open the pumpkins and dug out the slime, stings, and of course, seeds! We were left with 30 messy hands!  That afternoon, I washed all the seeds and placed all of the seeds next to their matching pumpkin.  The next day, students estimated how many seeds they saw.  Then, we worked together to count the seeds by groups of ten.  We learned that size may not matter.  The biggest did not have the most seeds.  The middle sized pumpkin actually had the most seeds.  Below are pictures of some of the results.  Unfortunately, I did not photograph the biggest pumpkin.