Name 

 You say potato....We say SweetPotato!

 

Use the underlined sites to find the answers to the questions.

1. Why is the sweet potato rated number one among vegetables?

2. When did the sweet potato become the North Carolina State Vegetable?

3. What would be your favorite recipe?

4. Since what year have sweet potatoes been growing in the south?

5. What are sweet potatoes rated on the nutritional list?

6. It is believed that dinosaurs could have eaten sweet potatoes?
           true  false

7. What is the name of the character that serves as the mascot for the North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission?

8. What state is number one in sweet potato production?

9. When marketed in the United States, what is the difference between sweet potatoes and yams?


10. How many moves did it take for you to complete the kids only slide puzzle?


How many seconds?

Created by: Kathy Beck, Lake Norman Elementary School Technology Coordinator  Links updated 6/07
With Thanks to  the Sweet Potato Commission (www.ncsweetpotatoes.com)
Click here to listen to his song.
Extras: Word Search
North Carolina Standard Course of Study Goals and Objectives:


Technology Goal 3: The learner will use a variety of  technologies to access, analyze, interpret, synthesize, apply, and communicate information.
Language Arts Goal 1: The learner will apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write.
Language Arts Goal 2: The learner will apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
Language Arts Goal 3: The learner will make connections with text through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
Language Arts Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
Social Studies/Geography Goal 5: The learner will evaluate ways the people of North Carolina use, modify and adapt to the physical environment.
Social Studies/Geography Goal 6: The learner will evaluate the significance of the movement of people, goods, and ideas from place to place.
Social Studies/Economic Goal 9: The learner will evaluate how North Carolinians use economic resources to satisfy their wants and needs.
Social Studies/Economic Goal 10: The learner will analyze North Carolina's economic relationships.
Healthful Living Goal 5: Nutrition