Someone figured out that if you build a plastic box around a growing watermelon, it will turn into a cube shape itself. While these cubic fruits look fun, the price isn’t: 1 cube watermelon can sell for more than $75! Luckily you can grow your own (find out how here). If they taste good, that’s a sweet deal.
Wee ones: These cube watermelons are shaped like boxes. See if you can spot a box or box shape in your room.
Little kids: How many “faces” (flat sides) does a cube watermelon or any box shape have? Bonus: How many corners (pointy parts where 3 faces meet) does a cube watermelon have? See if you can find and count them all!
Big kids: You can fit 4 times as many cube watermelons as round watermelons in the same garden space. If you can grow 5 round watermelons in your garden, how many cube watermelons could you plant instead? Bonus: If you put 12 cube watermelons in 3 rows of 4 to make a rectangle, how many watermelons are in the middle/not on the edge?
Answers:
Wee ones: Answers might include shoeboxes, or box shapes like building blocks or Lego pieces.
Little kids: 6 faces. Bonus: 8 corners.
Big kids: 20 cube watermelons. Bonus: The 2 melons in the middle.
