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Eggs
Are you looking for a lesson on eggs for your young farmers? This one could be for you! Learners discover where eggs come from. They see the whole process of an egg coming from a hen, and ending up on their breakfast tables. They...
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Chickens: Our Fascinating Feathered Friends
Don't be too chicken for this worksheet! Fifteen questions about chickens help your young farmers learn about poultry and farms. There are lots of interesting sentences that they can complete, such as the fact that chickens like to roost...
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Our Friends or Foes
In this living organisms activity, 6th graders choose the multiple choice answer to 10 questions. Students then read and answer 10 statements as true or false and fill in the blanks to 5 statements.
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EGG MAZE: COUNTING BY TWOS, THREES AND FIVES
Students successfully count by twos, threes and fives, using pictures of eggs and poultry as points of interest. They orally review the types of counting (twos, threes, or fives). Students are introduced the idea of a dozen eggs.
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Poultry
Here is a simple lesson that combines reading, coloring, and a puzzle for young learners. In it, pupils read the selection Great Pumpkins, then they color in the hen puzzle with colors based on the three distinct categories that the...
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A Lucky Break
Students complete activities where they identify and decipher common phrases that are related to poultry and then cook drumsticks as a class. In this poultry lesson plan, students also read the history of the chicken and create idioms.
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Meat Test
Students explore basics of meat, meat cookery, and preparation skills and techniques in safe handling procedure. Students state qualities or advantages of casserole, identify parts of casserole, food ingredients, function of...
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Meat, Poultry, Fish, Eggs: Constructing and Maintaining
Students investigate meat as a source that provides protein, iron and nutrients in the diet. They identify types of meat and their sources, complete a market survey, conduct a fried egg experiment, and prepare various recipes that...
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Using Dietary and Management Strategies to Reduce the Nurtient Excretion of Poultry
High schoolers examine the dietary strategies to reduce the excretion of nutrients in poultry. As a class, they examine how dietary nutrients relate with manure nutrients. They also discover the impact of the strategies on manure and...
Virginia Tech
Virginia Cooperative Extension: 4 H Virtual Farm: Poultry
Find answers to all kinds of questions about how chickens are raised on the poultry farms of Virginia. Meet a poultry farmer, learn about the commercial poultry industry, watch a chick hatch, and learn how to judge quality eggs and...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Chickscope
Learn how to build your own incubator and download your own "EggMath." Learn about mitosis, genetics, and more. Don't miss the "Yolk of the Day." This site is designed to allow classrooms to collaborate over the Internet with other...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Chickscope
Learn how to build your own incubator and download your own "EggMath." Learn about mitosis, genetics, and more. Don't miss the "Yolk of the Day." This site is designed to allow classrooms to collaborate over the Internet with other...
Sheppard Software
Sheppard Software: Chickens
This site gives an in-depth description of a chicken, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
BBC
Bbc News: Avian Flu (Bird Flu)
This BBC article from January 2004 details basic facts about avian flu, including a general history of the virus and statistical information on infection and death.
Other
Barnyard Palace : Poultry
Six and a half billion in the United States each year! Chickens, that is. Find out more by looking at this site. Click on the pictures to enlarge them.
US Department of Agriculture
Usda: Agricultural Marketing Service
Home page for the Agricultural Marketing Service of the USDA, links to product and commodity marketing information and job opportunities.
University of Missouri
University of Missouri: Brooding and Growing Chicks
Raising chickens can be a challenging process and this thorough site provides a broad range of ideas to do this successfully. Topics range from preparing the brooder house to caring for growing birds.
Virginia Tech
Virginia Cooperative Extension: 4 H Virtual Farm: Poultry: Virtual Hatch Project
A virtual chicken-hatch project takes students into the world of egg incubation and embryonic development.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Integrated Pest Management Basics
Gives general info on Integrated Pest Management. Along with news, IPM contacts, publications, and related links. Also lists various subject areas to look into.
Other
Kiddy House: All About Chickens for Kids and Teachers
This comprehensive resource features everything you want to know about chickens. Students and teachers will "cluck" when they explore this site.
Andre Dollinger
Reshafim: Meat and Fish
An interesting look at the role meat and fish played in the Egyptians' diet. Many kinds of animals were domesticated for use of both upper and lower classes. Hyperlinks for more information.
US Department of Agriculture
U.s. Department of Agriculture: Biosecurity for the Birds: Avian Influenza
Information about avian influenza and how it affects birds, including signs and symptoms of the disease and advice for avoiding spreading it.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: From Egg to Chick
This lesson is intended to help students realize that they can learn much about eggs/chicks or any animal through careful observation. They will become familiar with the importance and proper care of eggs/chicks, whether on a farm or in...
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts: Meat and Poultry
At this site from the University of Massachusetts you can read about the different foods that are known for being "Important sources of protein, iron, zinc, and B vitamins." Learn to cut your consumption of fat, while still benefitting...