Chicks hatched in the first and second grade classrooms as part of a 4-H project offered through an Ohio State University Extension program. Through this program, children learned about egg nutrition, what’s inside an egg, chick embryology, and did experiments with eggs.

Each class was provided with an incubator and a dozen chicken eggs.  Students took turns turning eggs each day as we anticipated the chicks’ arrival.  A lot of life science standards were covered in both grades as students focused heavily on how the chicks needs are met in their environment.  The second grade also learned about other oviparous organisms (egg-layers) in their classrooms and chose one organism for an take-home research project.