Free printable pumpkin worksheets for elementary students. Download and print Parts of Pumpkin charts, labeling worksheets, cut and paste activities, pumpkin science experiments, and simple classroom investigation activities. Students learn the life cycle of a pumpkin with our hands-on science teaching resources. Plan a pumpkin unit study and decorate your classroom with student projects this fall.
Parts of a Pumpkin Printables
Parts of a Pumpkin Diagram Chart
Download and print this beautiful, full color classroom poster chart to show students the various parts of a pumpkin. Designed for high visibility and easy reading this labeling anchor chart will help your students learn and read the parts of a pumpkin.
Words: seed, leaf, stem, vine, skin, pulp, flesh, strand.
Label the Parts of a Pumpkin Worksheet
Free printable parts of a pumpkin labeling activity for early elementary students. Kids can cut and paste the science vocabulary terms for each part of the pumpkin. This is a great activity for young students to complete with the reference diagram above. Adapt this worksheet for older students by having them write labels from the word bank instead.
Parts of a Pumpkin Learning Center
Preschool and Kindergarten students can practice labeling the parts of a pumpkin with this simple learning center activity. Featuring a full color labeling mat and printable cards, we recommend laminating this set to be used again and again.
Pumpkin Cross Section Coloring Page
Preschool and kindergarten students can learn about the parts of a pumpkin with this free printable pumpkin coloring sheet. Featuring thick black outlines and a cross section of a pumpkin, students can color the outside and inside of a pumpkin. Find more Printable Pumpkin Coloring Pages here.
Pumpkin Vocabulary Learning Mat
Students work on learning the parts of a pumpkin (as well as the Pumpkin life cycle) with this simple pumpkin vocabulary learning mat. Kids will match up the picture cards, word cards, and definitions. Encourage students to read each definition aloud once they make a match.
Students build important science and ELA skills with these pumpkin parts vocabulary cards. This set includes visual graphics, terminology, and simple definitions to help your students learn the parts of a pumpkin. This set includes a pumpkin blossom vocabulary card as well.
Teaching the Parts of a Pumpkin
When introducing the parts of a pumpkin to your students it’s important to use language and vocabulary terms they are familiar with. Here are our recommended definitions for each part of the pumpkin, each description provides a visual description as well as a purpose and how each part connects within the living system.
leaf: a flat, green part that grows on a plant. It soaks up sunlight and helps the plant make its own food!
stem: The tall, sturdy part that holds the pumpkin up. It carries water and food between the roots and the rest of the plant!
vine: A long, curly stem that grows and twists along the ground. It helps the pumpkin spread out and find more sunlight!
skin: The tough outer covering of a pumpkin. It keeps the inside safe and gives the pumpkin its bright orange color!
pulp: the soft, wet, stringy stuff inside a pumpkin. It is the first thing you see when you cut a pumpkin open!
flesh: the thick, smooth part just inside the skin. It is the part we cook and use to make yummy pumpkin pie!
strand: the long, stringy fibers inside a pumpkin. They hold the seeds in place until the pumpkin is opened!
seed: a small, oval shape found inside the pumpkin. If you plant it in soil and give it water, it can grow into a brand-new pumpkin!
blossom: a bright yellow flower that grows on the pumpkin vine. After pollination, the petals fall off and a pumpkin starts to grow.
Pumpkin Life Cycle Printables
Download and print this free, full color PDF poster chart featuring the stages of a pumpkin life cycle. From seed to pumpkin, this anchor chart serves as a wonderful classroom reference tool, or helpful visual in your science journals.
Pumpkin Life Cycle Coloring Page
Free printable pumpkin life cycle coloring page for kids! Featuring thick black lines, this coloring sheet is perfect for colored pencils or thin markers. Kids of all ages will enjoy this unique coloring page representing various stages within the pumpkin growth and development. Featuring seed, sprout, leaf, vine, tendril, blossom, green pumpkin, pumpkin, as well as a cross section of a mature pumpkin showing the brain and various parts.
Pumpkin Life Cycle Learning Mat
Preschool and kindergarten students can practice putting the stages of the pumpkin life cycle in order with this free printable learning center mat. Pair this sheet with our pumpking life cycle vocabulary cards for a fun hands-on science activity this fall.
Pumpkin Life Cycle Vocabulary Cards
Students can practice matching the correct visual stage of the pumpkin life cycle to the correct vocabulary terminology as well as a simple definition. This is a wonderful resource that can be used as science learning center activities, memory match or concentration games for early elementary students. These can also be used with our Pumpkin Life Cycle Learning Mat (above) as well.
Life Cycle of a Pumpkin Foldable
Free printable life cycle of a pumpkin foldable activity for kids. Featuring stages of the pumpkin life cycle, students can cut out and assemble this fun, hands on learning tool. This accordion booklet is a fun way for students to retell the life cycle stages, download in color or black and white. Find more Printable Pumpkin Templates and outlines for Pumpkin Art Projects here.
Pumpkin Life Cycle Crown Craft
Free printable life cycle of a pumpkin foldable activity for kids. Featuring stages of the pumpkin life cycle, students can cut out and assemble this fun, hands on learning tool. This accordion booklet is a fun way for students to retell the life cycle stages, download in color or black and white.
Teaching the Life Cycle of a Pumpkin
The best way for students to learn about pumpkin life cycles is to grow them! Pumpkins are hardy plants by nature, and it’s a fun project to start seedlings in your classroom during the spring, and move them to your school garden as they grow. Encourage your students to observe their plant carefully, identifying all the parts of a pumpkin plant, and to notices the stages as they arrive. Use descriptive and classifying language as you explore. Remember, there are many ways to describe the same object at various points, help students learn these different games and use them interchangeably (i.e. fruit, pumpkin and flower, blossom, or vine, tendril etc.)
seed a tiny package found inside a pumpkin that holds a baby plant inside. When it is planted in soil and gets water and warmth, it starts to grow.
sprout a tiny, young plant that has just pushed up through the soil. It has a small stem and a few leaves that reach up toward the sun.
blossom a bright yellow flower that grows on the pumpkin vine. After pollination, the petals fall off and a pumpkin starts to grow.
green pumpkin: a young pumpkin that is still growing and not ready yet. It is green because it needs more time in the sun to grow bigger and turn orange.
pumpkin: a full grown pumpkin that is round, orange, and ready to be picked. Inside it holds the seeds that can start the whole life cycle all over again!
Pumpkin Science Experiments for Kids
Pumpkin Science Investigation Worksheet
Headed to the pumpkin patch this fall? Once your early elementary students pick their favorite pumpkin you can use our free printable Pumpkin Investigation printable to explore various attributes and measurements. This is a highly engaging hand-on science activity that is sure to be a hit in your classroom! These can be paired with this Free Pumpkin unit study for more hands-on learning.
Pumpkin Decomposition Science Lab Experiment
Students learn about decomposition and environmental effects with this simple printable Pumpkin Science Lab Experiment. Includes question, hypothesis, materials list, procedure, observation, and conclusion. Download the additional Science Lab Journal included to draw and observe changes over the weeks. Tip: Read Pumpkin Jack and teach students How to Draw a Pumpkin alongside this science lab.
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