The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

This PowerPoint lesson is for Kindergarteners! An actual pumpkin lesson would definitely include reading books about pumpkins, scooping the inside out of a pumpkin (to see the seeds and pulp) along with other fun activities like field trips to a pumpkin patch! Enjoy! :)

1. The Life Cycle of a
Pumpkin
By: Lauren Borchard

2. What does a
pumpkin look like?

3. In what season do
we see pumpkins?

4. Pumpkins!
•Have any of
you ever
helped carve
a pumpkin?!

5. What did you see inside of the
pumpkin?

6. The Life Cycle of Pumpkin
•There are 6 stages of a pumpkin during
its life cycle.
•Stage 1: Seed
•Stage 2: Sprout
•Stage 3: Vine
•Stage 4: Flower
•Stage 5: Green Pumpkin
•Stage 6: Orange Pumpkin

7. Seed
•1
st
Stage of a Pumpkin
•Pumpkin seeds grow inside of a
hollowed-out portion of a pumpkin

8. Sprout
•2
nd
Stage of a Pumpkin
•After planting the seeds in the late
spring, a pair of green leaves will push
up from the ground

9. Vine
•3
rd
Stage of a Pumpkin
•The sprout grows up and out
•Turning into a vine

10. Flower
•4
th
Stage of a Pumpkin
•Yellow flowers begin to grow on the
pumpkin plant

11. Green Pumpkin
•5
th
Stage of a Pumpkin

12. Orange Pumpkin
•6
th
Stage of a Pumpkin

13. Where do pumpkins grow?
•Pumpkin Patch
•Gardens

14. How can WE use pumpkins?
•Cooking
•Eating
•Pumpkin pie, YUM!
•Decorating
•Carving

15. FUN FACTS ABOUT
PUMPKINS
•Pumpkins flowers are edible
•Pumpkins are a fruit
•In 2011, the largest pumpkin was 1,810.5
pounds!

16. REVIEW
The Life Cycle of
a Pumpkin

17. The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin
•Stage 1: Seed
•Stage 2: Sprout
•Stage 3: Vine
•Stage 4: Flower
•Stage 5: Green Pumpkin
•Stage 6: Orange Pumpkin

18. ANY
QUESTIONS?

19. GREAT
JOB
CLASS!

20. Sources:
•Information on each stage of pumpkin life cycle:
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5541904_pumpkin-plant-life-cycle.html
•Seeds:
http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00HebQkcIPbozy/Snow-White-Pumpkin-Seeds.jpg
•Seeds:
http://sulphurspringsfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/MSFM-inside-the-pumpkin.jpg
•Sprout:
http://www.featurepics.com/FI/Thumb300/20100701/Pumpkin-Sprout-1602602.jpg
•Vine: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2097/2701314629_f80fc222af_z.jpg
•Flower:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v-DlPomQndg/S4WieCxsQZI/AAAAAAAAFrs/u2ME4J7Acno/s640/Pumpkin_flower_EH.JPG
•Green Pumpkin: http://www.drycreekgarden.com/images/pumpkin_900x480_1.jpg
•Orange Pumpkin: http://suttons.s3.amazonaws.com/p/VEPUM13561_3.jpg
•Pumpkin Patch:
http://www.nancyorozcoblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Pumpkin-Patch-4-1024x682.jpg
•Pumpkin Gardens: http://wasatchgardens.org/files/images/sandy_garden_pumpkin.JPG
•Pumpkin Life Cycle:
http://search.enchantedlearning.com/cgi-bin/reducegif/subjects/plants/types/pumpkin/shapebook/lifecycle.GIF
•What is inside pumpkin! (First slide)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jwraHr5kX5k/TMHMw3PWUII/AAAAAAAAAhY/3Dc1FQFmx9E/s1600/pumpkin+seeds.jpg
•Fun Facts: http://www.fiferorchards.com/events/images/howapumpkingrows.jpg
•Worlds largest pumpkin: http://www.pumpkinnook.com/giants/giantpumpkins.htm