School Enrichment Programs

Hatching Chicks in the Classroom

The benefit of partnering with MU Extension for your Embryology program, is that you also have the resources of many other Land-grant Universities as well. Below are various resources from a number of other universities that you may find useful.

2018 Delivery Dates to be announced

Getting Started

• READ THIS FIRST! Quick Start Guide (PDF)

Instructions

• Incubation Procedures, University of Illinois-Champaign Urbana

Resources for lesson plans, experiments, etc.

• Resources from the Canadian Egg Industry: This site has lesson plans, science experiments, posters, handouts and worksheets that can be ordered free, or printed out.

• Hatching Classroom Projects Grades 2-5, Teacher Guide (PDF), National 4-H Curriculum

• Experiments in Poultry Science, Grades 6-8, Helpers Guide (PDF), National 4-H Curriculum

• 4-H Embryology: A School Enrichment Program, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension in Lancaster County – Eggcellent Site!! This site has a wealth of resources, including a LIVE “4-H Egg-cam” where your students can watch the happenings of UNL’s incubator in real-time.

• Embryology in the Classroom, Pennsylvania State University

• USDA Education and Outreach – lessons plans on Agriculture in general

• University of Illinois Extension Embryology

  • Lesson Plans

  • Activities

  • List of books related to poultry

  • Things to Learn, Things to Do: K-3, 4-6, 7-8

• The Beginning of Life, Virginia Cooperative Extension (Lesson plans start on page 7.)

• Hatch Games 1 - word scramble, true/false, word search, crosswords

• Hatch Games 2 - color sheets, circle the answer, connect the dots

Photos & movie clips

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Photos:

    • Embryos

    • Hatching Photos: Peacock, Chick, Mallard Duck

    • Pheasant, Quail, Peacock, Turkey, Ducks

  • Candling Movie Clips:
    
    

•  Hatching Movie Clips:

  • Movie: Pipped Through the Egg

  • Movie: Starting to Break Out of Egg

  • Movie: Breaking Out of the Egg (Make sure you have your sound on)

•  Chicken Eggs on Day 12 of the Incubation Period

  • Viable Egg (Embryo is Alive).

  • Quitter #1 (Embryo Died)

  • Quitter #2 (Embryo Died)

•  PBS

  • Time lapse video of chicken embryo development

•  Pennsylvania State University

  •   Embryology in the Classroom-A Closer Look (PDF). Great pictures of embryonic development, great information for older students.

Troubleshooting

• When chicks don't hatch (Includes section on explaining hatch failures to students.) University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• Incubation troubleshooting, University of Illinois

Animal Health and Safety

• Animal Care Principles, Animal Agriculture Alliance

• Have a backyard flock? Don't wing it., U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• After you touch ducklings or chicks, wash your hands so you don't get sick, U. S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Human Health and Safety

• Don’t Chicken Out Due to Unnecessary Health Concerns, Pennsylvania State University

• Sink Those Germs! Hand washing bilingual poster, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• Handwashing Activity Sheet, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Would you like to offer the 4-H School Enrichment Program Hatching Chicks in the Classroom to your students?

For more information please contact Vicki Troyer, 660-269-9656.

Registration Form (PDF)

Teacher Evaluation (to be filled out by teacher after program completed to receive $10.00 rebate)