Miss Williams’
2nd Grade Web Quest on
PUMPKINS!
It is
the night before Halloween and you are carving your pumpkin with your
family. When your pumpkin is cut open,
you see there is gooey gunk inside.
Pumpkin pie is one of your favorite foods, so you take a big bite of the
gunk and…YUCK!!! It tastes nothing like your favorite dessert. You are very confused and begin asking
yourself many questions about what makes a pumpkin pie so tasty and how people
thought to use it as a food in the first place.
Your Challenge: Using the Internet, try to find information
regarding pumpkins. Keep the following
questions in mind.
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Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
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What are pumpkins made of?
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Is there any part of a pumpkin that cannot be
eaten?
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How do pumpkins grow?
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Who first used pumpkins as a source of food?
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When should pumpkins be planted?
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Can pumpkins be found all over the world?
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Why do we carve Jack-O-Lanterns?
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How big can a pumpkin be?
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What did Native Americans use pumpkin seeds
for?
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Where did pumpkins originate (come from)?
YOUR
JOURNEY:
For information, use the Internet by clicking
on the sites below.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/pumpkins/growing.html
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/pumpkins/facts.html
http://www.niagara.com/infocor/pumpkinfarm/module/howtheygrow.html