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Curated OER

TRADERS' GAME

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students play a game aimed at demonstrating how relationships with other communities or countries affect the food and fiber system. The game simulates the unequal distribution of natural resources which creates the need for...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Questions for Physics

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners practice constructing and expressing logical, concrete arguments to support their selected position. They comprehend how others construct positions radically different from your own, and still requires the development and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Crossword Puzzle - Breakfast Foods

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the clues to fill in the crossword with the correct words about breakfast foods. Students complete 9 clues.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

S-O-I-L Soil

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research soil, its nutrients, and plant growth. In this soil lesson, 5th graders create soil journals, trace flowers, and include nutrient information on each petal. Students read an excerpt from "McBroom Tells the Truth."...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Singular and Plural Nouns 6

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this nouns worksheet, students write whether the underlined word in the sentence is a singular or plural noun. There are 10 words to identify.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Eggs and Hen's Diet: Can You Get Bigger Eggs for Peanuts?

For Students 6th - 8th
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...
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Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Constructing an Egg Candler

For Students 9th - 10th
Directions on how to make a device to candle eggs, or check on the progress of the chicken embryo. Links to numerous incubation and embryology resources.
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Article
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: States Fight California's Chicken Cage Law

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Unit Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Chickscope: The Journey Begins

For Students 3rd - 8th
Journey with the chicken egg, from formation to hatching, and learn about its embryology.
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Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Chickens at Enchanted Learning

For Students 3rd - 5th
Chicken jokes, rhymes, printouts and educational information can be found on this site.
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Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Andling Eggs

For Students 9th - 10th
Directions for candling eggs including the how and why of the egg candling process.
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Website
Other

Kiddy House: All About Chickens for Kids and Teachers

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This comprehensive resource features everything you want to know about chickens. Students and teachers will "cluck" when they explore this site.
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Unit Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Chickscope From Egg to Chick

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Incubation & Embryology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This website is designed to provide elementary and high school teachers with knowledge on the chicken's egg, its importance to man, and its role in reproduction of the species. Lessons are divided into grades K-3, 4-6, 7-8, and 9-12....
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Does a Chick Breathe Inside Its Shell?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Whether a chick can breathe inside its shell is an interesting question. Every animal needs oxygen to survive, so the chick must get air somehow. Try this science project to discover if the pores in a chicken egg shell allow water to...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Chicken Egg

For Students 9th - 10th
This photo shows a close up view of a chicken egg and its shadow from above.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Which Came First: The Chicken or the Egg?

For Students 9th - 10th
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]
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: From Egg to Chick

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Great Egg Drop!

For Students 9th - 10th
Which came first: the chicken or the egg? One might ask the same question about potential and kinetic energy. Make observations while you watch the video below. Think about what scientific conclusion you could make from your...
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Lesson Plan
Michigan Reach Out

Egg Fun

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This site provides an observation lesson plan using eggs. Students will be able to determine sizes of eggs, how they roll, and if the shell has holes.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Rubber Egg Diffusion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lab will illustrate diffusion and osmosis through a semi-permeable membrane. A chicken egg will be used as the model cell, because the yolk is actually a single large cell. The surrounding egg white, or albumin, contains water and...
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania State University

Penn State University: Embryology in the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Come and learn more about how to incorporate embryology into your classroom. This site features tons of information about the embryology of chickens.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Chicken and the Egg

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little girl named Kit who got a baby chick and watched it grow up and hatch chicks of its own. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Handout
Other

Barnyard Palace : Poultry

For Students 3rd - 6th
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.

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