Summary
“Dissect a Pumpkin! | Pumpkin Carving Science!” is a short SciShow Kids science video for the K–5 classroom. It explores an amazing animal and how its body helps it survive. Quick to drop into a science lesson, a center, or a few spare minutes before the bell.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
This video explores an amazing animal and how its body helps it live.
- What animal does this video explore?
- What body part helps this animal survive, and how?
- Where does this animal live, and how does it fit in there?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: animal, body part, survive, habitat.
Try it: Pick an animal from the video and draw one body part, labeling how it helps the animal.