K - 3 Learning Pages:
Resources for Kindergarten to Grade 3 teachers

 List Serve - Web Resources

Science - Birds - Hatching

4-H Embryology - http://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/Embryology/  Excellent! This site has embryo photos, web cam on hatching online, and wonderful background information.

Canada Egg Marketing Agency - http://www.canadaegg.ca/english/index.html  Egg recipes, nutritional and educational resources, egg facts, egg crafts and a playground for children, egg data and other egg-related site links.

Candling Pics - http://www.homestead.com/shilala/candling.html  Photos of what to expect in chick development and growth

Chicken Craft - http://www.first-school.ws/activities/shapes/animals/chicken_hen_craft.htm  Limited use, but good pattern idea for chicken if desire.

Chickscope - http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/resources/egg_to_chick/procedures.html  All the scientific and how-to information you need!

Ducks - http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/ducks.html  A unit developed for primary unit for students to explore and learn about the habitats, diets, and specific attributes of various species of ducks.

Egg and Chick Theme Page - http://www.teachingheart.net/eggs.htm 
A hodgepodge of egg & chick ideas, links, books, printables, and more - perfect for a starting place for a kindergarten or primary class.

Egg-cellant Chicken Ideas - http://www.home.earthlink.net/~gbnewman/chicken_eggs.html 
Ideas to extend curriculum for kindergarten and primary classes for a unit on hatching chicken eggs.

Egg-stra Special Eggs - http://www.calicocookie.com/eggsunit.html  Ideas, poems to integrate across the curriculum

From Egg to Chick - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/fromeggtochick.htm   You won’t believe how many ideas are listed here!

Carol's Favorite - 2005

Hatching and Brooding Process - http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/livestocksystems/DI0631.html  Step by step instructions

Hatch and Match Game - http://www.prongo.com/hatch/index2.html 
A great game for young children on the theme of hatching.

Hatch and Match Game - Easter game - http://www.prongo.com/easterfun/hatcheaster/index.html 
A great interactive game for primary kids to fit with hatching, matching, and Easter.

Hatching Chicks - http://www.youngchildrenslearning.ecsd.net/hatching_chicks.htm This is a page documenting what our school experienced with hatching chicks.

Hatching Eggs - http://www.challenge.state.la.us/edres/lessons/elementary/lesson10.htm  Ideas of how to organize a unit.

Hatching Process - http://www.wirelink.com/poultry/hatch.html  pictures showing hatching

Hubbard's Cupboard, It Started as an Egg - http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/it_started_as_an_egg.html 
A great starting site for kindergarten or grade one classes to use for a hatching unit; good literature references.

Incubation and Embryology - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/lessonplan.html  A series of lessons and ideas!

Kinderhive: What’s Hatching? http://www.kinderhive.net/E.html  Integrating ideas

Little Giraffe: Oviparous Animals - http://www.littlegiraffes.com/oviparous.html  Great ideas for integrating!

Mississippi Care and Incubation of Hatching Eggs - http://www.msstate.edu/dept/poultry/hatch.htm  Excellent resource.

Museum of Science and Industry, Genetics: Decoding Life - Chick Hatchery
http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/chick/chick.html 
This site has amazing photos as well as a quick time movie about chicks hatching.

Oviparous - http://www.mrspohlmeyerskinderpage.com/unitsandthemes.htm Mrs. Pohlmeyer has created a great page with tons of ideas.

Pratt’s Theme Pages: Eggs - http://www.fastq.com/%7Ejbpratt/education/theme/food/eggs.html  Links

Science Net Links: Hatching - http://www.sciencenetlinks.org/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=1&DocID=394  Guided lesson

Step by Step: Chicks - http://stepbystepcc.com/animals/chicks.html  Integrating ideas
Teaching Heart: Eggs & Chick Unit - http://www.teachingheart.net/eggs.htm  Integrating ideas

What's Hatching - http://www.kinderhive.net/E.html  Lots of ideas to integrate
across the curriculum; includes online games.

Zwolle Elementary: Eggs - http://www.sabine.k12.la.us/zes/Eggs/default.htm  Links

List Serve Mailing - March 12, 2005

 

 


 

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