We received a package today… The kids immediately wanted to know what was inside! I made them make observations about the box and the “LIVE” sticker made them get really excited! J All I would tell them was that it was eggs…the students then made predictions of what could hatch from the eggs. It was very entertaining to read their predictions… I thought Kelsei and Kearstyn did a great job with their predictions: We also read an article about hatching eggs in incubators. We learned that incubators: · keep eggs warm and moist · the temperature must be monitored · eggs must be rotated (I have an automatic egg turner) · chicken eggs take 21 days to hatch · and although incubators are mostly used for birds, they can also be used to hatch reptile eggs. Tomorrow we place the eggs in the incubator and I will reveal to them that these are, in fact, chicken eggs. We will monitor the eggs, the incubator temperature, and the water level for the next 21 days and anticipate their hatching around May 27th. I’m also very excited to share my life cycle kit and the QR Reader display for the stages of development in the chicken life cycle. I have also put out my class set of chicken books that I will allow them to read if they finish classwork early. Students will get to use the iPads to scan the QR codes and see actual photos of chicken development according to the day of incubation. You wouldn’t believe how much they LOVE scanning codes!
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