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4-H Eggcellent Adventures in Classroom Embryology: An Intracurricular Guide to Chicken Embryology

Shaina Spann and Judy Levings

 

Figure 1. Cover art: 4H-368: Eggcellent Adventures in Classroom Embryology curriculum (88 pp., 7 MB pdf)
Figure 1.  Cover art: 4H-368: Eggcellent Adventures in Classroom Embryology curriculum (88 pp., 7 MB pdf)

Eggcellent Adventures in Classroom Embryology is about learning through experience. In most cases, when a teacher signs up to teach chicken embryology in the classroom, the teacher sets up the incubator and the teacher and class wait for the eggs to hatch—that is the experience. This guide, however, has lessons to incorporate into a daily plan in order to make the chicken embryology experience an intracurricular experience. Through a series of activities, students can see firsthand how a chicken develops in an egg. Students will observe the growth from candling sessions that show the development of the chick; the students can record data, make predictions, and conclude what they think the final outcome will be. The lessons in Eggcellent Adventures follow Florida Sunshine State Standards and incorporate activities from various sources. Each lesson contains an experience, instructions on how to do the experience, background information if needed, and reflection questions. There are a total of 31 lessons for the unit, or approximately two lessons for each day of in-class instruction. Overall, the lessons address agricultural literacy and science concepts, but they also address math, language arts, and visual arts.

The guide is available as a pdf here: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/4H/4H36800.pdf.

Contents

Publication #4H368

Release Date:March 25, 2024

Related Experts

Spann, Shaina L

County agent

University of Florida

Levings, Judith

University of Florida

  • Critical Issue: Youth
Curriculum
4-H/Youth

About this Publication

This document is 4H368, one of a series of the 4-H Youth Development Program, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date November 2015. Revised February 2022 and February 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Shaina Spann, 4-H agent, UF/IFAS Extension Baker County; and Judy Levings, 4-H state educational design specialist; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Contacts

  • Sarah Hensley
  • Shaina Spann
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