The Incredible Egg project for grades 4 and 5 is taking place in 12 classrooms at Alameda, Lynch Meadows, Harold Oliver, Troutdale and Buckman elementary schools.
Students also learn embryology as they become surrogate parents to their flock of hatching chicks.
Older students at Sunnyside Cooperative, Gregory Heights, Jackson, George, Deer Creek, Da Vinci, Hosford and Centennial middle schools, and Grant and Marshall high schools are awaiting the hatching of salmon eggs provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Interested teachers may call the local County Extension Service at 503 725-2046.