To kick off our life cycle unit (and just in time for Easter), we hatched baby chicks and ducks. We purchased plastic eggs from the dollar store DEALS that simulated the life cycle of a baby chick. It was amazing. Instead of keeping our eggs in an incubator, we kept them in water. Students recorded the life cycle in a journal, we read several non-fiction books, and watched videos on United Streaming. By the end of the week, we had a fully developed baby. Students then had to dry them off (just like a real baby chick, they are born wet). They each filled out a birth certificate, named them, and created an information sheet on how to care for them. The students were super excited and it was a great way to start a unit. Now if the butterflies would just get here. I guess on to tadpoles and frogs while we are waiting.
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| Day 1: Egg is placed in water. |
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| Day 4: Egg has hatched! |
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