Eggs!

Last week first graders started our final science unit of the year! Every May we do month-long project where we hatch chicks and learn about the life cycle of a chick. Below are some photos of us setting the eggs.

Last Tuesday our school nurse came to class and talked to the students about cleaning and setting the eggs in the classroom incubator and on Wednesday students started taking turns with the "official egg turner" job. Each day we have two egg turners and three times a day those students rotate the eggs to help the embryos develop properly. Those students wear the "official egg turner" badge for the day and take home a card that says, "I turned an egg today. Ask me how" to remind them to share about their experience!

As we take care of the eggs in our incubator we are learning lots about the life cycle and development of a chick! Students know the life cycle, the parts of an egg, the fact that it takes about 21 days for the egg to hatch, and much more already. Ask them about it at home!

The chicks will likely hatch around May 23 and we will keep them through Friday May, 26. That afternoon we will have a Chick Celebration where family members may come to school to meet the chicks and see the works students have done during our unit. After school I will be bringing the chicks back to the farm (UVM extension/4H)! We hope you can join us on the 26th.