Maine produces a huge amount of potatoes every year.
Ever think something was totally impossible to do? Do you suppose that a person could ever put a flimsy plastic straw through a large potato with a single stroke? Who thinks it could be done? Anyone want to try?
Hmmmmm. . . do you suppose if we harnessed the combined will of our group, we might make get anywhere? Okay . . . the idea is to send positive thoughts and visual energy. Drum roll please . . . .
This is a great activity to show that often we can do the seemingly impossible with just a bit of the correct technique.
Potatoes can also be used for a demonstration of diversity. Participants are given a potato and ask to exam it carefully. Potatoes are then collected and randomly desposited in a space where participants attempt to find their potato. What are the characteristics of your potato? What's different? What's the same?