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Warrensburg Web Quest Academy Program: Are Chickens the Only Ones?

For Students 1st - 3rd
After reading the book Chickens Aren't the Only Ones by Ruth Heller, have students try this WebQuest to learn more about the different types of animals that lay eggs.
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Curated OER

Egg Anatomy

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

Virginia Cooperative Extension: 4 H Virtual Farm: Poultry

For Students 3rd - 8th
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...
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Virginia Tech

Virginia Cooperative Extension: 4 H Virtual Farm: Poultry: Virtual Hatch Project

For Students 3rd - 8th
A virtual chicken-hatch project takes students into the world of egg incubation and embryonic development.
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Curated OER

Virginia Cooperative Extension: Chicken Embryo

For Students 9th - 10th
A photo of a chicken embryo inside an egg.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Amphibian Reproduction and Development

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the reproduction and development of amphibians.
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Bryn Mawr College

Serendip: Investigating Osmosis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Brief text summary of what students learn in the Investigating Osmosis lab along with links to download Student Handouts and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF or Word formats. Students design and run an experiment to demonstrate osmosis...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Egg Citing Adventures

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Chickens aren't the only ones who lay eggs. Through poetry and hands-on activities, students learn how birds, reptiles, fish, and amphibians are alike and different. Number activities and videos are...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: A Schema Building Study With Patricia Polacco

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Contains plans for five lessons that use "Chicken Sunday" and "Rechenka's Eggs" by Patricia Polacco to teach second- through fourth-grade students vocabulary and reading comprehension. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Embryology: The 21 Day Chick Lifecycle

For Students 2nd - 6th
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...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Bird Reproduction

For Students 5th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How do birds reproduce? We know that chickens lay eggs. But how do they do that? Learn more about bird reproduction in this learning module produced by CK-12.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
The picture book One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference, written by Kate Smith Milway, takes place in Africa. Here in a Ghanan village, young Kojo cannot afford to go to school after the death of his father. His resourceful...
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US Department of Agriculture

Usda: Tips to Help You Make Wise Protein Food Choices

For Students 9th - 10th
Make wise choices when eating from the protein group. This website advises you to eat lean cuts of beef, trim visible fat off of meat and poultry, eat fish "rich in omega-3 fatty acids," and read food labels for nutritional information.
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Can Teach

Can Teach: Novel and Picture Book Ideas (Lesson Plans)

For Teachers K - 1st
Novels and picture books are great ways to teach across the curriculum. This site lists about 75 novels and picture books around which CanTeach has constructed lesson ideas and plans. All grade levels indicated.

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