Curated OER
Are Chickens Really "Chicken"?
Students practice their reading comprehension skills by reading about chickens. They state the characteristics of chickens and examine how growing up on a farm and being in the wild is different for the chickens.
Curated OER
Animals: Chickens
Students use the Internet to discover information about chickens. They examine their diet, behavior and life cycle.
Curated OER
Hatching Chickens
Students explain the importance of carefully observing and caring for eggs and chickens in the classroom.
Curated OER
Chicken Feed Maze
In this sequence worksheet, students draw a continuous line , helping the chick find the feed, from the top to the bottom avoiding obstacles that lead to dead ends completing the maze.
Curated OER
Last Letter on the Farm
In this language arts activity, learners look at the pictures of things you could find on a farm. Then they say the name and listen to the ending sound. Students select the correct letter to complete each word and write it on the line.
Curated OER
Hatching Chicks to Agriculture - Where does the feed come from?
Second graders examine the types of grain that goes into feed for chickens. They study other grain crops grown in Kansas and the foods that are made from them.
Curated OER
WHAT ANIMALS GIVE US?
Students examine how animals on a farm provide us with many resources.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Bird Flu
Students are asked to explain how chickens might be involved in a potential bird flu outbreak.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Embryology: The 21 Day Chick Lifecycle
Provides a look at the development of a chick during each day of the 21-day chick lifecycle. Gives detailed information about the major events that happen each day in the development. Contains many photographs of real chicks in...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Eggs and Hen's Diet: Can You Get Bigger Eggs for Peanuts?
The goal of this project is to determine whether feeding chickens a dietary supplement of peanuts will result in larger and heavier eggs. If peanuts do increase egg size, a secondary goal will be to determine the optimal amount of peanut...
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...
Other
Kiddyhouse.com: All About Farm Animals
This is a great farm animal research site for grades 1-3 students as well as a teacher resource. It has information about cows, sheep, ducks, turkeys and chickens and includes songs, clip art, activities as well as lesson plans.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: States Fight California's Chicken Cage Law
Article reports on why several states are suing California regarding their laws requiring specific standards of cage sizes from any producers selling eggs in that state. Includes audio.
Other
United Poultry Concerns: Hatching Good Lessons
A collection of lessons on how to teach elementary students about chickens without actually hatching them in the classroom, which is not the best for the animals.
Language Guide
Language Guide: Los Animales De La Granja
This interactive vocabulary site on farm animals includes not only the correct Spanish pronunciation of nouns, but some verbs, as well as sounds that the animals make. Pop-ups of the correct spelling are included.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Chickscope: The Journey Begins
Journey with the chicken egg, from formation to hatching, and learn about its embryology.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Chickscope From Egg to Chick
Are you interested in a science project of hatching chicks? This website is designed to help you study incubation and embryonic development of chicken eggs. Illustrations also show the parts of an egg and the stages of embryonic...
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.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Which Came First: The Chicken or the Egg?
It's a question that has perplexed everyone from the ancient Greeks to modern scholars. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Take a crack at this curious conundrum. [3:31]
Other
Chicken Breeds
If you're looking for a particular breed of chicken, this is your site! You will find an extensive list of chicken breeds here as well as information on each, breed clubs, and photographs.
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.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Fence for a Fox
This PBS Kids activity is an extension of a Plum Landing episode featuring foxes in Australia. Students will learn basic information about these foxes. Students will also design a fence to protect chickens from these nonindigenous foxes.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Chicken (Gallus Gallus)
Explore images and facts about chickens, including details on their appearance, habitat, diet, behaviour, and much more.
Read Works
Read Works: Chicks Grow Up
[Free Registration/Login Required] An information text about how a little chick grown into a rooster or a hen. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.