Potatoes

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Potato Lesson: Processed or Not (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3-5 Students will learn about food production, farming, and processed foods. Download the lesson.

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Potato Lesson: Potatoes and Light (Grades K-2)

Grades K-2 Students will understand the role of sunlight in the change of seasons. Students will recognize the effects of light on plants. Download the lesson.

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Turkish Falafel Potato Bowl with Lemon Sesame Dressing

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Chowder, Potato, Corn, Cauliflower

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Roasted Sweet Potato Salad

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Sweet Potato Hummus

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Pink Potato Salad

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Vegetable Biryani with Tofu

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Potato & Broccoli Soup

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Papas Bravas

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Kale, Corn, & Potato Tacos

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North African Gumbo

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Powerhouse Quinoa Chili

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Ginger Roasted Beets, Sweet Potatoes, and Pears

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Sweet Potato Hill

“Appealing hands-on activities encourage the children to discover how a sweet potato looks, feels, smells, and tastes. The children make a pretend sweet potato hill to learn how this vegetable is grown, harvested, and shipped...

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Powerful Potato

Students will explore life science concepts by observing a potato grow with and without soil. They will further learn about geography and world cultures by charting potato geography on a world map and holding a potato dress up contest. Grades 3-5 Click here to download the full lesson.

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Sweet Potato Math Lesson

Students will learn facts about sweet potatoes while developing their math skills. Click here to download the worksheet.

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Potato Exploration

This lesson introduces students to potatoes and how they grow. Students will engage with potatoes by reading about them, measuring them, and observing them. It addresses several Common Core Standards, such as, English Language Arts,...

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Breakfast Potato Bake

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Chicken Pot Pie Potato

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Harvest Delight

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Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie

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Sweet Potato & Black Bean Salad

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Southwest Stuffed Peppers

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Gold Rush Pizza

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Let’s Cook Potatoes!

This is a two step activity in which students will learn about potatoes and develop their food literacy skills. The first activity is a potato tasting activity where students will learn about four different varieties...

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Potato Shoot Experiment

In this experiment, the class will grow a potato’s roots in a shoebox for four weeks and learn about the science of how it grows. Specifically, students will learn that plants have cells that direct...

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