Kindergarten
Kindergarteners will:
- Calculate Storage Duration of potato varieties.
- Learn and count the months of the year.
- Apply number sense by placing the duration period data in order from least to greatest.
- Participate in a Taste Test experiment designed by their 4th grade peers.
Notes for the Teacher:
Notes for the Teacher:
- All of the potatoes are harvested in September. Help students count from September to the indicated storage duration month (ex: January)
- Students can count the number of months that the various types can remain in storage.
- Ask students
- What is storage duration?
- Is storing potatoes for longer lengths a good thing if you are a farmer? Why?
- Which potatoes can be stored the longest?
- Which potatoes can be stored the shortest?
- Can you make a list of these 5 potato types from shortest to longest storage durations?
Tasks for the Teacher/Students:
Tasks for the Teacher/Students:
- Place your shortest to longest duration results (pictures/document) in the shared "Results" tab of this website.
- Take pictures of the fun and add them to the "Results" tab of the website!
walther farms - storage duration.pdf