P3B Seasonal Maths with Pumpkins and other squash

On Wednesday we had great fun doing practical maths. We measured pumpkins and other squashes.
They were all different shapes and sizes. We wanted to find the biggest.
We measured all round them; round the middle and top to bottom. We measured lines on them. We decided that some were the biggest because they were fatter, but some others were the biggest because they were taller.
We also weighed them.
We compared some to a kg weight to find out if they were heavier or lighter than one kilogram.
We weighed them on kitchen scales. Some were more than 2 kg.

Some groups were quick at measuring because they took turns fairly without any fuss. That’s a next step for some of us.

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