Rocky Point Middle School Students Take On Potato Baby Project

Press release from the Rocky Point School District:

May 11, 2022

Rocky Point Middle School students in Jennifer Gordon’s Family and Consumer Sciences classes experienced some of the responsibilities that are involved in the care of babies. They created their own babies out of potatoes and learned the fundamentals in caring, loving and nurturing their newborns.

According to Gordon, the potato baby project is a classic experience for many students, in which each student must care for a potato for a set period of time. Her sixth and eighth grade students participated for one week. The goal is to teach students about the realities of parenting, and more broadly, to practice compassion and consider the fragility of life.

“Students definitely had to use their imaginations and acting skills to make this experience as realistic as possible,” Gordon said. “They had a great time doing this assignment.”

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