Download Pumpkin and butternut squash facts

Pumpkin and butternut squash facts
LESSON activity pLaNS
Age group: 7 - 11 years
tesco.com/eathappyproject
Cut along dotted line
FACT
Pumpkins and
butternut squash grow
on vines.
1
FACT
The country in the world
which grows the most
squash is China.
FACT
Pumpkins and butternut
squash are native to
North America.
Pumpkins are often
carved into
‘jack-o-lanterns’
to celebrate
Halloween.
The seeds, leaves
and flowers of pumpkins
are edible, as well
as the fruit.
3
FACT
5
FACT
7
FACT
The Latin name
of the pumpkin is
Cucurbita Pepo.
9
2
FACT
The largest pumpkin
pie ever made was
nearly two metres
in diameter.
Butternut squash
is a good source
of vitamins
A and E.
There are over
100 different varieties
of pumpkin and
squash.
Marrows and courgettes
are closely related to
pumpkins and butternut
squash.
4
FACT
6
FACT
8
FACT
10
✃
FACT
The heaviest pumpkin
on record weighed over
800 kilograms.
The town of Morton, near
Chicago, claims to be the
pumpkin capital of
the world.
Pumpkin Pie is a part of
the traditional meal served
at the Thanksgiving festival
in the USA.
11
FACT
Pumpkins are a good
source of Vitamin A.
FACT
13
FACT
15
FACT
A relative of pumpkins
and squashes is called
the gourd.
Butternut squashes are
longer and thinner than
pumpkins, which tend to
be spherical.
FACT
One of the smallest types
of pumpkin is called
Baby Bear.
17
FACT
Pumpkins were once
thought to remove freckles
– they don’t!
19
21
14
FACT
16
FACT
Pumpkin plants have
yellow flowers which
develop into fruit.
Pumpkin stems are more
rigid and prickly
than butternut
squash stems.
FACT
The most common way
to cook butternut squash
is to roast it.
12
18
FACT
20
FACT
Pumpkin seed oil can be
used for cooking or in
salad dressing.
22
FACT
Pumpkins and squash are
fruit, since they
contain seeds.
The orange colour of
pumpkins comes from the
same ingredient as is found
in carrots – known
as beta carotene.
23
Butternut Squash is known
in Australia and New
Zealand as Butternut
Pumpkin.
FACT
25
Native Americans
used pumpkin seeds
as medicine as well
as food.
27
FACT
29
FACT
Pumpkins are generally
dark yellow or orange,
but can be green.
31
FACT
An average
pumpkin weighs about
6 kilos.
33
24
FACT
Nearly 700 million kilos of
pumpkins are grown in the
US each year.
FACT
Pumpkin and squash can
be baked, roasted,
steamed or boiled.
FACT
26
FACT
Another name for the
pumpkin is the Winter
Squash.
The Latin name of
butternut squash
is Cucurbita
moschata.
In California there
is an annual festival to
celebrate the heaviest
pumpkin.
The word pumpkin
originates from
the Greek word for
‘large melon’.
28
FACT
30
FACT
32
FACT
34
Pumpkins and butternut
squash are ‘winter
squashes’, unlike courgettes
which are ‘summer
squashes’.
FACT
35
FACT
Pumpkins are often
used as feed for
animals.
FACT
The largest type of
pumpkin is called the
Atlantic Giant.
Pumpkin plants are planted
in July in order to be
harvested around
Halloween.
37
FACT
Butternut squash is often
made into soup.
FACT
39
40
Pumpkins are 90% water.
41
The tradition of carving
pumpkins started in Ireland
– but using turnips and
swede!
FACT
The most popular variety
of butternut squash is
called Waltham.
43
45
FACT
42
FACT
Pumpkin plants
carry both male and
female flowers.
FACT
In the fairytale Cinderella,
a pumpkin is turned into
a carriage.
38
FACT
FACT
Pumpkin seeds are a good
source of protein.
36
44
FACT
Squashes were first
farmed over
5,000 years ago.
46
Jack-o-lanterns are named
after a mythical Irish
character called
Stingy Jack.
FACT
47
FACT
Roasted pumpkin seeds are
often found in muesli and
other cereals.
FACT
Squashes and pumpkins
become sweeter as
they ripen.
49
48
FACT
Butternut squash has a
sweet, nutty taste.
50
FACT
FACT
FACT
FACT
FACT
FACT
FACT
FACT