Eggs and chicks provide many opportunities for estimating, weighing, measuring, and graphing. For example, on the first day of incubation, students estimate how may eggs will hatch. Eggs and chicks are both weighed in a balance scaled using paper clips and a unit measure. The colors of the chicks that hatched are graphed. The height of the chick is recorded for a hatching announcement.
Children learn best when involved in hands-on, real life experiences.
The life cycle of the chicken is made real through the students active role in the this 21 day project. Overall Value Students approach this unit with a great deal of awe and enthusiasm. For many of them, it is the first time they have considered the potential of the common chicken egg. Both teachers and students experience a new respect for life as they monitor the development of the embryo, the fetus, and the hatching of the chick.