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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
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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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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Interactive
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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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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Graphic
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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Interactive
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...