2.52 Growing Potatoes
This is Lesson 52 (“Growing Potatoes”) from the National FFA Mentoring Program’s Grow Your PALS Program Guide, in the Plant Science unit. In this one-on-one mentoring lesson, PALS propagate potatoes by planting pre-cut potato pieces in pots and explore what plants need to grow by depriving different plants of water, sunlight, or nutrients and observing the results.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Propagate a potato.
- Identify what is needed for plant growth.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 15 minutes. (Follow-up time 5 days later.)
- Materials
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- Two brown paper sacks
- 1 potato, cut into cubes (each should have at least 1 eye)
- Seeds of any type
- Potting soil
- 6-inch pots (4 of them)
- Markers or crayons
- White, unlined paper or card stock
- Precepts
- G. Physical Growth — G2. Respect one's body
- Unit
- Plant Science
- Lesson Type
- One-on-One
- Key Terms
- None
- Resources
- None
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NS.K-4.3Life Science