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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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Read Works

Read Works: The Chicken Pen

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary passage personifies a chicken and his life in the chicken pen. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included....
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Chicken Breeds

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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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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Starfall

Starfall: Chicken Little

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an interactive ebook of the folk tale "Chicken Little". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
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The Chicken Pox Vaccine: What Parents Need to Know

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about chicken pox, including vaccinations.
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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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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Greater Prairie Chicken

For Students 9th - 10th
An abundance of facts, photos, and sounds of the Greater Prairie-Chicken are featured on this detailed site. Listen to the sounds of this bird species on this site as well.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: History Through the Eyes of a Chicken

For Students 9th - 10th
Chris Kniesly explains the evolving role of chickens throughout history.
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Chicken Run

For Students 3rd
The student, player, answers multiple choice questions. The answers are based on the text provided. An explanation is also given for the answer. Once the student has answered all of the questions, he/she will earn the opportunity to play...
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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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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Love Among the Chickens by P. G. Wodehouse

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the novel Love Among the Chickens by P.G. Wodehouse.
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Just Books Read Aloud

Just Books Read Aloud: David Stein: Interrupting Chicken

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A video of the book "Interrupting Chicken", written by David Stein. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
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Just Books Read Aloud

Just Books Read Aloud: Keiko Kasza: The Wolf's Chicken Stew

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A video of the book "The Wolf's Chicken Stew", written by Keiko Kasza. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
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Starfall

Starfall: Chicken Little

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A read aloud of the famous story Chicken Little.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Chicken Space

For Students Pre-K - K
Build a space craft for animals traveling to space on this site! Students will use their knowledge of geometric shapes to build a space craft to fit all the animals.
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Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy: Animal Species Profile: Greater Prairie Chicken

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated profile of the greater prairie chicken.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox" by Grace Maccarone. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Peg and Cat: Chicken Dance

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Help the chickens dance by making and completing their shape patterns.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Greater Prairie Chicken

For Students 9th - 10th
The greater prairie-chicken almost died out and only small pockets of them survive now in the United States. This page explains the difficulties they faced from disturbances to their habitat.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Peg and Cat: On the Farm: Chicken Dance

For Students K - 1st
Help the chickens do their really cool chicken dance by extending a simple shape pattern.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Chicken Pox [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A fact card on chicken pox and how it is contracted.
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Ideas for Teachers: How to Mummify a Chicken [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A science experiment engaging students in mummifying a chicken which takes 45 days to complete.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Chicken Pox Instruction Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
Safety guidelines for dealing with emergency and less serious cases of chicken pox.

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