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Powerful Potato

Students observe a potato grow with and without soil, chart potato geography on a world map, and hold a potato dress up contest.

Grades
3 – 5
Estimated Time
1 - 2 hours, plus weekly observation time
Updated
August 13, 2024

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Original lesson written by Pat Thompson, adapted by Sara Hunt | Oklahoma Agriculture in the Classroom and Utah Agriculture in the Classroom

Acknowledgements

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Social Studies – Geography
    • Geography Standard 4 (Grades 3-4): The physical and human characteristics of places.
      • Objective 2: Places have physical and human characteristics.
  • Science
    • 3-ESS2: Earth's Systems
      • 3-ESS2-2: Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
    • 4-ESS2: Earth's Systems
      • 4-ESS2-2: Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.