Coconut Investigation

We have had a coconut in our classroom since September! We were reading "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" and enjoyed viewing a real coconut. We played games with the coconut, listened to it, and noticed many things about it. By March, our coconut had changed. It no longer sloshed, and felt much lighter. We wondered why. Today, Mr. Keller helped us to find out. We opened our old coconut to find it had become rotted and moldy!!

The 6 month old coconut

Today, Anna brought in a fresh coconut(from the coop). It was heavy and made a sloshing sound. We compared it to the old coconut and noticed similarities and differences. Mr. Keller helped us to drill a hole, and we were amazed how much coconut juice/milk came out. We then opened and tasted the fresh coconut and the juice.

The fresh coconut