Celebrating the Potato!

DId you know that August 19th is National Potato Day?  There are a lot of fun things you can do to celebrate this important food source.

One of my favorite picture books is Potato Pants! by Laurie Keller.  In this book a potato is on his way to buy a pair of potato pants when things go crazy!  Why not have your students design a pair of pants for a potato or a random assortment of fruits and vegetables?

Click here to buy my Potato Pants STEM pack!  You can do this STEM challenge without the pack.  Just read the book and make some pants!  My pack has 2 STEM challenges!  Kids have to make a potato person, then make some pants for their potato person!  We do this lab as a way to celebrate the potato!  You need craft sticks, potatoes, and construction paper for these challenges.

If potatoes are not your thing, how about those yummy potato chips?  Everyone loves potato chips!   I have a STEM pack of 5 challenges using potato chips in new and unusual ways!  Check it out here.

This pack contains these challenges:

Protect a Chip Challenge
Build a Chip Tower Challenge
Potato Chip Circle Challenge
Mail a Chip Challenge
Potato Chip Bridge Challenge

My kids really love the Mail a Chip Challenge!  This is a great one to send home!  Students can then mail the chip to the school.  They get really excited about this one!

Grab some potato chips and try some of these fun challenges that will get your students thinking in new ways!