Nearly all students from low‑income households
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Let's hatch some chicks! In my middle school, life skills, classroom, the students learn about the life cycles of animals and plants. I cannot think of any better way than to bring a life cycle to life with hatching baby chicks. Students will have the opportunity to learn about incubating fresh farm chicken eggs (donations will be provided for the eggs) and watching them grow into baby chicks. The incubation process takes 21 days approximately. Students will learn the importance of temperature, humidity, and observation. They will watch as the eggs turn in the incubator, help provide water in the incubator to ensure the humidity stays appropriate. During the course of incubation, students will observe what the fertile eggs look like inside (using egg candling) and watch how an empty egg turns into a baby chick. The students will be able to handle the eggs carefully as they are placed in the incubator without the racks in the last few days of incubation.
Once the chicks have hatched, the students will observe the chicks growing. They will learn how to care and be gentle with the baby chicks by feeding them, cleaning out the kennel, and providing water. They will be able to share the experience with the classroom and their families.
Not only will they learn the life cycle, but they will be able to care for them and prepare them to go live with other adult chickens. They will learn nurturing techniques. They will be able to make their own observations. They will learn responsibility.
An experience like this cannot be found on the internet nor a book. These lessons will be built around literacy, math, science, and social studies. All of the supplies will be used year after year!
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Let's hatch some chicks! In my middle school, life skills, classroom, the students learn about the life cycles of animals and plants. I cannot think of any better way than to bring a life cycle to life with hatching baby chicks. Students will have the opportunity to learn about incubating fresh farm chicken eggs (donations will be provided for the eggs) and watching them grow into baby chicks. The incubation process takes 21 days approximately. Students will learn the importance of temperature, humidity, and observation. They will watch as the eggs turn in the incubator, help provide water in the incubator to ensure the humidity stays appropriate. During the course of incubation, students will observe what the fertile eggs look like inside (using egg candling) and watch how an empty egg turns into a baby chick. The students will be able to handle the eggs carefully as they are placed in the incubator without the racks in the last few days of incubation.
Once the chicks have hatched, the students will observe the chicks growing. They will learn how to care and be gentle with the baby chicks by feeding them, cleaning out the kennel, and providing water. They will be able to share the experience with the classroom and their families.
Not only will they learn the life cycle, but they will be able to care for them and prepare them to go live with other adult chickens. They will learn nurturing techniques. They will be able to make their own observations. They will learn responsibility.
An experience like this cannot be found on the internet nor a book. These lessons will be built around literacy, math, science, and social studies. All of the supplies will be used year after year!