Hello all!
I am very excited to have been asked to instruct an enrichment class on chickens with some of our fifth graders. We will be hatching eggs as well. I have found some great articles that I feel are on their level and we will be discussing incubation, hatching, egg anatomy and chicken anatomy. They will also be recording temp and humidity daily, candling and monitoring the incubator (with supervision). My question is has anyone ever done this and if so do you have any tips, resources or helpful information? I am also excited to say our school will be acquiring a chicken coop later in the spring. Our school received a $300,000 agricultural grant and we working on bringing ag back to our classrooms and community!
I am very excited to have been asked to instruct an enrichment class on chickens with some of our fifth graders. We will be hatching eggs as well. I have found some great articles that I feel are on their level and we will be discussing incubation, hatching, egg anatomy and chicken anatomy. They will also be recording temp and humidity daily, candling and monitoring the incubator (with supervision). My question is has anyone ever done this and if so do you have any tips, resources or helpful information? I am also excited to say our school will be acquiring a chicken coop later in the spring. Our school received a $300,000 agricultural grant and we working on bringing ag back to our classrooms and community!