Hatching Eggs in Your Classroom

Movies and photographs of hatching:


This is a video clip of ducks hatching in a PreK classroom.  
Requires QuickTime (loading time will depend on your connection).
http://www.emsb.qc.ca/stdorothy/School%20Projects/chicks%20and%20ducks/movie.htm

Great sequence of photographs of a chick hatching!
http://www.poultrysupply.com/poultry/hatch.html

Another sequence of a duck hatching; includes two Quicktime movies and 
photos of candled eggs at different stages of development
http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/chick/chick.html

This page documents a hatching experience in a kindergarten class.  
The photos are great; child drawings and sound effects make it an interesting visit.
http://207.166.226.251/baston/chicks/index.html

More good sequence pictures taken  of a 2nd/3rd grade hatching experience
http://members.tripod.com/~westmount_elm/eggs.htm

Information for Planning Hatching Experiences in Your Classroom:

Lots of good information on hatching and caring for fowl in the classroom 
Includes an especially helpful chart listing incubation temperatures and humidity levels.
Compiled by Dr. Tom Davis, MSU Extension Service
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/poultry/hatch.htm

Basic information on incubation and classroom care
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/rbaker/96-598/teacher.html#L0

A "how-to" on raising ducks...
http://www.lsdolby.freeserve.co.uk/ducks.html

A lesson by Lynn Hamilton on hatching eggs in grades 3 & 4
http://www.challenge.state.la.us/edres/lessons/elementary/lesson10.htm

Lesson plans, activities, and resources on incubation and embryology compiled by 
the University of Illinois Extension 
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/index.html

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