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Hatching Chickens

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students consider the concept that much can be learned from the natural world by observation. They observe the incubation and hatching of chicken eggs in the classroom and discuss the needs of living things.
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Hatching Chickens

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students understand the process of how an egg hatches. In this hatching eggs lesson, students care for eggs and chickens while the eggs are hatching. Students observe the hatching process and relate to other animals and humans.
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Hatching Chickens

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe how chickens hatch. In this life cycles lesson, students read the book Hatching Eggs: A Step by Step Guide and use an incubator to hatch the eggs. Students observe the chicks hatching and take care of the chicks by...
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Hatching Chickens

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars observe chickens hatching in a classroom incubation environment In this egg-hatching lesson plan, students make observations of the hatching process and later care for the hatched chickens.
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Hatching Chickens

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students observe chicks hatching from eggs. In this science lesson, students view a video to develop an understanding of the proper care and needs of eggs and live animals. This is a great precursor activity for hatching eggs in class.
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Hatching Chickens

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students observe and care for eggs and chickens. In this life cycles activity, students recall facts about chickens and how they hatch. Students read the article Hatching Eggs in the Classroom and observe the life cycle of the chicken in...
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Hatching Chickens

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explain the importance of carefully observing and caring for eggs and chickens in the classroom.
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Inside the Egg, Hatching Chickens

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Young scholars explore how an egg becomes fertilized. In this biology lesson, students "candle" a variety of eggs in order to determine which ones have been fertilized and which ones haven't. Student use paper plates to create a graphic...
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Hatching Chickens

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe caring for eggs and chickens.  In this hatching lesson students brainstorm what they know about chickens and carefully watch what happens.
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Hatching Chickens

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover how chickens are hatched and cared for.  For this hands on lesson students get to watch baby chicks be hatched. They explore the chicks needs and how long they take to hatch. 
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Hatching chickens

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize the need for gentle care of eggs. In this chicken hatching lesson, students observe the process of incubating eggs for hatching. Students find the materials needed to properly care for the chicks. Students complete a...
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Hatching Chickens

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn the importance of caring for eggs as they hatch chickens. In this egg hatching lesson, students observe what happens when eggs are hatched into chickens by completing a e-worksheet and watching a web based movie.
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Inside the Egg, Hatching Chickens

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students conduct an egg candling activity to show the life inside a fertile egg. Students discuss the needs the egg has of the hen, as well as similarities and differences between plants and animals. Students complete a life cycle wheel...
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Hatched From An Egg

For Teachers K
Students discover how animals are born/hatched. In this life science instructional activity, students listen to a book entitled Chickens Aren't The Only Ones, and discuss animals that are hatched or born.  Students receive a picture of...
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EGG-STRA, EGG-STRA LEARN ALL ABOUT IT

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how animals produce young by watching age-appropriate videos on the subject. They watch as chicken eggs either hatch or not in an incubator.
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Clucking Chickens

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
A comb, wattle, and beak are three characteristics that describe a chicken. Your class can explore the life of a chicken through reading, art, movement, and music. Using a plastic cup and string, they'll create a pretend chicken that...
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"Our Class Hatches the Egg"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners research all about the process of egg development and hatching. They access about temperature, recording data, and charting. In addition to the outcomes for science mastery, students gain experience in cooperative group work,...
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Crossword Puzzle: Chicken Incubation

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this chicken incubation crossword worksheet, students read 6 clues pertaining to the hatching and incubation of chicken eggs. Students place their answers in a crossword puzzle.
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How Fragile Is an Egg?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars design a "container" for his/her egg to determine whether the egg remain intact when dropped from a predetermined height.
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas: Chickens Aren't the Only Ones

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read Chickens Aren't the Only Ones by Ruth Heller. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study of animals that come from eggs. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies,...
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Animals: Chickens

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students use the Internet to discover information about chickens. They examine their diet, behavior and life cycle.
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Incubation and Embryology

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students examine chickens, eggs and hatching eggs through this series of lessons.
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Life Comes in Cycles

For Students K - 2nd
Kids are fascinated by chickens and their eggs. Here is a learning exercise has young learners take a look at the four stages in a chicken's life cycle. They have four cycles to organize: egg, chick, young bird, and adult. They have to...
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Science Vocabulary: Incubation of Eggs Alphabetical Order

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this chicken incubation instructional activity, students analyze 24 words that pertain to chickens and eggs. Students put the words in alphabetical order; some words will begin with the same letter.