| Plant and Animal Life Cycles |
| To help learn about animal life cycles, classes receive fertilized chicken eggs and an incubator. After 21 days, students are excited and amazed as they gather around the incubator to watch the hatching process. |
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The young chick uses his egg tooth
to crack the egg.
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Free at last! Hard to believe that
moments ago he fit inside the egg. |
That was hard work!
Time to rest.
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The chick remains in the incubator
until he has dried off. |
Another chick is trying to hatch! |
"Peep, peep, peep." |
The entire process takes several hours. Once they are dried off and able to stand on their own, the chicks are moved into a box with a heat lamp and food. |
| Once the chicks have adjusted to their new environment, the students have the opportunity to interact with them. It is a wonderful experience that most children would not otherwise have. |
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Many classes
invite students from other grade levels to come see (and
pet!) their chicks. |
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The other components of this science kit are the hatching of butterflies and growing of pea plants. After the butterflies hatch, the class lets them go in the gardens at school.
Each student grows his/her own pea plant and has the opportunity to take it home.
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