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Couch Potatoes Around the World#138 Lesson PlanCouch Potatoes Around the World#138 Lesson Plan
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Couch Potatoes Around the World#138

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Students identify potato chips as a consumer product and investigate what processes are needed to make the chips. They investigate where the potatoes are grown and harvested before being made into chips at a processing plant. They make a book that shows the raw materials becoming the final product.

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raw materials, manufacturing

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manufacturing, processing, raw materials, social studies
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2nd - 4th
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Social Studies & History
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