Pumpkin Investigation, Worksheets, Coloring Pages

Pumpkin Investigation Lesson with Comics & Hands-On Activities

Give them science they will LOVE this fall with a pumpkin investigation designed for kindergarten, first-grade, and 2nd-grade learners! Perfect for Halloween, fall centers, or your life science unit, this print-and-go comic-style lesson makes learning about pumpkins fun and engaging.

Students will examine how pumpkins are living things, discover the life cycle of a pumpkin, and complete a parts of a pumpkin labeling activity. Students will love the opportunities for pumpkin coloring pages, cut-and-paste projects, and even a bubbling pumpkin lab. Your class will be excited to learn science with comics and hands-on fun.

Why Teachers Love This Resource

• Great for all learners → Emerging readers, struggling readers, graphic novel lovers, and ELL/ESL students stay engaged.

• Comic-style visuals → Illustrated content makes science approachable and memorable.

• Flexible use → Works for Halloween labs, fall units, or year-round science.

• No-prep printables → Just print, copy, and go!

What’s Inside this Pumpkin Investigation Lesson?

• Google Slides presentation (editable & shareable)

• Pumpkin comic (color & blackline)

• Doodle Notes / Guided Notes (differentiated)

• Life Cycle of a Pumpkin diagram

• Pumpkin life cycle cut-and-paste project (differentiated)

• Parts of a Pumpkin Labeling Worksheet

• Pumpkin investigation lab (with comic-style visual instructions)

• Blank comic template

• Pumpkin coloring page

• Teacher tips

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What makes Cool School Comics such an impactful learning tool?
They are FUN! 

• This is the most crucial benefit.
• Students are more willing to participate and more engaged.
• The content STICKS.

Visual learning is EFFECTIVE. 

• About 65% of the population consists of visual learners.
• Visual information is processed faster.
• Students who SEE information are more likely to retain it.

EASY to implement! 

• These lesson plans are complete and ready to go, requiring minimal prep time.
• You only need to make copies, upload supplements to your virtual classrooms, and set up the hands-on activities.
• Lots of flexibility! You can print these as posters, add them to interactive notebooks, hand them out to students, or share them virtually. There is plenty of room for modifications.

Comics make content ACCESSIBLE

• Naturally differentiated, comics accommodate a wide range of learning abilities and styles.
• Great for classrooms with a diverse population of learners
• They can simultaneously rope in both your gifted and struggling students (and everyone in between).
• Reluctant readers gravitate toward comics.
• Comics help English Language Learners (ESL, ELL) and some SPED students find success.

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