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Inside the Egg, Hatching Chicks (Grades K-2)

Students investigate embryo development in chicken eggs.

Grades
K – 2
Estimated Time
1 - 2 hours
Updated
December 12, 2024
light shining through translucent eggshell showing developing chicken embryo
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Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Lyndi Perry | Utah Agriculture in the Classroom

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Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Science
    • 1-LS3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
      • 1-LS3-1: Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.