As you already know, we have decided to dig right in and learn about life cycles in a hands-on way! :) We will be incubating chick eggs in our classroom! The anticipation has been building and today was our big launch. Today, we placed 24 eggs in our classroom incubator and they will stay there for 21 days. Our eggs are due to start hatching on June 6th. The students are very aware of the fact that not all of the eggs will hatch and we may even get an unlucky batch that doesn't have any chicks hatch. However, we are willing to take that risk and we're going to learn so much over the next 3 weeks! I am truly amazed at how much the students have already learned about this topic. Simply ask them for some information on incubating eggs and you will be shocked at how much they know! This is going to be an incredible learning experience and we are very excited about it! I will keep you updated with pictures and posts on the blog.
Here are a couple of links to interesting websites about hatching chicks!
http://www.howtoincubate.com/index.php
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/life20.html
http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/resources/egg_to_chick/procedures.html
Happy Reading and Researching! :)
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