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PBS

Scale City — Scaling up Recipes and Circles in the Real World

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
What a great big skillet you have. The resource introduces the class to the world's largest stainless steel skillet. The class creates a model of the skillet and a typical 12-inch skillet and compares the relative sizes of their areas....
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Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Comparative Anatomy of the Domestic Chicken

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Are chickens and crocodiles really related? Young scientists compare the bone structure of current domestic chickens to other animals throughout evolution. This helps them understand the branches that separate crocodiles and birds as...
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Worksheet
K5 Learning

A Big, White Hen

For Students 2nd Standards
Why wouldn't the chickens cross the brook? Find out in a short reading passage about a mother hen and her babies' daily walk. Second graders answer four comprehension questions after they finish reading the story.
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Curated OER

Eggs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
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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Curated OER

About Chickens

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Here's a cute and informative four-page packet of worksheets about chickens for your young agriculturists. They get to write words that have to do with chickens, perform cut-and-paste activities, and discover some fun facts about...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Birds of a Feather Flock Together

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify all parts of an egg, and explore their importance to the life cycle of a chicken. Learners compare all sorts of birds and place them in categories based on what they look like. This five-day lesson effectively...
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Curated OER

A Lucky Break

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Explore idioms with a chicken theme! Consider doing these activities prior to Thanksgiving, as there's a section about wishbones! First your youngsters will match a short list of idioms with their meanings. Then, give each learner the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chickens: Our Fascinating Feathered Friends

For Students 1st - 3rd
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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Life Comes in Cycles

For Students K - 2nd
Kids are fascinated by chickens and their eggs. Here is a learning exercise has young learners take a look at the four stages in a chicken's life cycle. They have four cycles to organize: egg, chick, young bird, and adult. They have to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hatching Egg Lesson

For Teachers K
What a great way to introduce life cycles in your classroom! Kindergartners learn about chickens using visual aids, vocabulary lists, and more. If possible, you can have your class watch the process up close and personal by bringing in...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hatching Chickens

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students consider the concept that much can be learned from the natural world by observation. They observe the incubation and hatching of chicken eggs in the classroom and discuss the needs of living things.
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Curated OER

Inside the Egg, Hatching Chickens

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students explore how an egg becomes fertilized. In this biology instructional activity, students "candle" a variety of eggs in order to determine which ones have been fertilized and which ones haven't. Student use paper plates to create...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hatching Chickens

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students observe and care for eggs and chickens. In this life cycles lesson, students recall facts about chickens and how they hatch. Students read the article Hatching Eggs in the Classroom and observe the life cycle of the chicken in a...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

R is for Rooster

For Students Pre-K - K
In this handwriting practice instructional activity, students trace and practice writing the letter 'R' both in upper and lower case letters. They also identify the object illustrated and trace and write the term rooster as shown.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Clucking Chickens

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
A comb, wattle, and beak are three characteristics that describe a chicken. Your class can explore the life of a chicken through reading, art, movement, and music. Using a plastic cup and string, they'll create a pretend chicken that...
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Curated OER

Poultry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
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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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Five Senses of Thanksgiving

For Students K - 2nd
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students write about what they see, hear, smell, taste, and touch on Thanksgiving in different chickens. Students complete 5 chickens about their senses.
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Curated OER

Hatching Chickens

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe caring for eggs and chickens.  In this hatching lesson students brainstorm what they know about chickens and carefully watch what happens.
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Curated OER

Hatching Chickens

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover how chickens are hatched and cared for.  In this hands on instructional activity students get to watch baby chicks be hatched. They explore the chicks needs and how long they take to hatch. 
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Curated OER

What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the concept of nutrition.  In this nutrition lesson, students identify the benefit of eggs as a nutritional meal or snack.  Students also discover how to prepare easy meals or snacks using eggs. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chicken ABC's

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this connect the dots worksheet, students connect the dots by following their abc's. Students go through the entire alphabet a to z to make a picture of a chicken.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chicken ABC's

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this connect the dots instructional activity, students connect the dots by following their abc's. Students go through the entire alphabet a to z to make a picture of a chicken.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chicken

For Students K - 1st
In this chicken coloring page worksheet, students study a line drawing of a large chicken. There are no directions; this appears to be a coloring page.
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Curated OER

Where Do Eggs Come From?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study the many characteristics that they share with other animals and how those characteristics relate to the proper care of animals. Students also study facts about chickens and chicken-related vocabulary. Finally, they study...