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...
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.
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...
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.