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Potatoes: More Than Fries

Students investigate potato varieties, explore potato plants, determine how potatoes grow, and make a potato recipe.

Grades
K – 2
Estimated Time
50 minutes
Updated
October 26, 2023

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Uli Koester | Midwest Food Connection

Acknowledgements

Parts of the Background Agricultural Connections section taken from the Powerful Potato lesson written by Pat Thompson (Oklahoma Agriculture in the Classroom) and adapted by Sara Hunt (Utah Agriculture in the Classroom).

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Science
    • K-2-ETS1: Engineering Design
      • K-2-ETS1-2: Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
    • K-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
      • K-LS1-1: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.