Pumpklin Patch Fun

Description: Learn about the pumpkin with this fun webquest. http://www.gailhenne ssey.com/index.shtml ?pumpkinfacts.html or here: PUMPKIN PATCH FUN! Updated:8/2011 LEARN ABOUT PUMPKINS WITH THIS FUN CYBERHUNT! 1. The name pumpkin originated from the Greek word for "large melon" which is "pepon." The French turned the word into "pompon." The English changed "pompon" to "Pumpion". What are three popular stories where pumpkins are mentioned? ____________ , _______________ and _____________ Find the answer at this site:http://www.urba next.uiuc.edu/pumpki ns/history.html 2. Pumpkins are in the same family which includes squash and cucumbers. They are considered a fruit and not a vegetable. Pumpkins date back to 7000 to 5500 BC , to the Central American country of _________________. Where is the the self proclaimed "Pumpkin Capital of the World"?_____________ ___ Which company that makes lots of canned pumpkin is found in this city?_______________ __Find the answers at this site:Pumpkin Nook. 3. In addition to using pumpkins as a food, Native Americans dried strips of flatten pumpkin strips to weave them into this.____________ What other vegetables were used in the history for carving Jack-o-Lanterns before pumpkins became popular? _________, ________ and _________. Immigrants from which countries brought the idea of Jack-O-Lanterns to the United States?___________,_ __________and ___________.Find the answers at this site:History 4. Pumpkins are 90% water and Native Americans called pumpkins,"lsqoutm squash". What were two medical uses for which people thought pumpkins could be used?______________a nd _______________. Find the answer at this site:http://www.hsgp urchasing.com/Articl es/pumpkin.htm 5. Baked on October 8, 2005, the New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers at New Bremen, Ohio, made the world's record pumpkin pie. How much did it weigh? _____________ Keene, New Hampshire, has held the record for the most lit pumpkins at 28,952. This record was broken in 2007 by which city and state?_____________ How many lit pumpkins did they have?______________W hat is Pumpkin Chuckin?____________ _______ What is the record distance?___________ _Find the answers at this site:PumpkinNook 6. You can find pumpkins that are green, yellow, red, white, blue, even tan. In 2007,Joe Jutras set a new world's record for the largest grown pumpkin. How much did it weigh?______________ ____Find the answer at this site: http://PumpkinNook 7. Pumpkin states include Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan and Ohio. The pumpkin's pulp, also called its meat, is the part you can use to cook with. What part of the pumpkin is called the brains?_____________ __ What is the proper name for this part of a pumpkin?___________W hat do tendrils of a pumpkin do during the growing season?_____________ __What is the name for the indented ridges from top to bottom on the outside of a pumpkin?___________ Find the answers at this site:PumpkinNook # October 2009: This race required the help of a forklift to get the 500 pound boats into Lake Otsego. The boats, caved out pumpkins, were used by a hardy bunch of sailors in the 6th annual Pumpkin Regatta, in Cooperstown, NY. Giant pumpkins were trucked in from VT, NH, MA,PA as well as NY, and that between 60-80 pumpkins made the journey. Not all were entered in the race due to the fact that gases build up in these mammoth jack-o-lanterns and some exploded along the route. The Pumpkin Regatta takes place the first week in October. # October 2010: PUMPKIN NEWS: # Chris Stevens grows pumpkins in his 10,000 sq. ft. pumpkin patch in New Richmond, Wis. With lots of sunshine, water, cow manure, seaweed and fish emulsion, he grew a real whopper of a pumpkin this year.In fact, Steven's pumpkinzilla smashes the previously world record. The pumpkin weighted in at 1,810.5 pounds(the previous world record was 1,725 pounds).Stevens and his wife drove the humongous gourd,in the back of their pickup truck, to New York City, where it will be on display at the New York Botanical Garden. Pumpkin carver Scott Cully will carve the pumpkin the day before Halloween. See a photograph at this link:New York Daily News *Although I have tried to review each link, please check the site to see if it is appropriate for your grade level. Also, please monitor that students stay at the link. Should you find something questionable, please let me know. Thanks! Check out other webquests I've developed at my website:http://www.g ailhennessey.com/ind ex.shtml?cyberhunts. html

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