Seeds are not the only way to grow a vegetable. Some plants like sweet potato can be grown from a tuber. Sweet potatoes are easy to grow from a tuber and a good way for students to learn about roots and shoots. Make drawings of your sweet potato experiment. One drawing when you start growing your sweet potato, another in 3weeks and the last one in 6 weeks. What differences do you notice?

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