Giant Pumpkins (2025)

🎃October is the time of year when giant pumpkin contests take place all over the world, and the pumpkins just keep getting bigger and bigger!

In this activity, students will explore the latest giant pumpkin that is on track to break the world record (2025): its size, daily growth, and water needs, and use math to visualize its dimensions to understand just how big it really is. 

📝 Suitable for Grades 6-7, but younger students can have a go with some help (excluding the proportion part)
⏰ ~30 minutes