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Cell Division: Frog Egg Division Observation and Modeling

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create and test a hypothesis about cell division. After observation of Frog Egg cell division, students write obervations and refine process and hypothesis. The use of scientific method, group work and inquiry are fostered by...
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Fresh Foods from Farm to Table

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Are you a good egg? Learners begin a farm-to-table lesson by acting out verbs in groups to demonstrate the egg production process, and then research the steps using online resources. Several excellent videos are linked through the...
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Incubation and Embryology

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students examine chickens, eggs and hatching eggs through this series of lessons.
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Eggs Filled With Sound-Five Senses

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use their five senses to examine an eggs with objects inside them. They use their hearing to identify the object in the egg and open them to see if their guess was correct. They end the lesson by discussing their sense of hearing.
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Egg Experiment

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students understand that people can appear different on the outside but still be similar on the inside after comparing a white egg to a brown egg. They then have a class discussion of how even though the eggs were different on the...
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Spring Egg

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create their spring egg out of construction paper. They design and complete a pattern on their egg made of pastel colors. They share their egg design with the class.
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Dinosaur Eggs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students hunt for dinosaur eggs that the teacher has made and hidden on the playground. students open the eggs to find the dinosaur inside and experience archeology first hand.
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The Challenge of Egg Photography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine lighting and composition to create a photograph of a white subject (an egg) against a white background. In this photography lesson students examine each others photos to determine the best methods.
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Egg Carton Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create "egg carton caterpillars" using egg cartons, glue, and basic art supplies in this excellent Art, Science, and Language Arts lesson on caterpillars and butterflies. The caterpillars are displayed for two weeks and then...
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Tie Dye Eggs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create "tie-dye" easter eggs in this easy elementary school lesson. Materials needed include paper towels, food coloring, eggs, and rubber gloves. This Easter lesson can be accomplished in 30 minutes with extra time needed for...
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EGG-cellent POLYMER PACKAGING DESIGN

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate the concept of a polymer using an experimental design of protecting an egg in a bookbag. They test the properties of polymers and form an educated solution to the proposed problem. Then they describe the steps used...
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Egg Drop

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students design and test packaging an egg. In this engineering design lesson, students design and test packaging that will keep an egg from cracking when dropped from a certain height.
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Hatching Chickens

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students observe chickens hatching in a classroom incubation environment In this egg-hatching lesson plan, students make observations of the hatching process and later care for the hatched chickens.
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Genetics

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
A handout on genetic inheritance begins with a reading on alleles and how they can result in albinism. Junior geneticists learn to complete Punnett squares and participate in a coin toss simulation of allele pairing. They also learn...
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Pysanky Egg Decorating

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the processes involved in decorating eggs. The story, "Rechenka's Eggs" or "Chicken Sunday" by Patricia Polacco forms the introduction to the research.
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Brain Injury

For Teachers K - 6th
Students study safety and witness a tragic egg accident to see the effect of not wearing a helmet. They create helmets for their own eggs using paper, styrofoam, or anything else that cushions the egg and drop the protected egg.
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The Shape of Things

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars study the natural incubation of hens and the important characteristics of the egg shell. They perform experiments to test the strength of the dome shape of an egg and prove that an eggshell has pores to allow air to pass....
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas: Chickens Aren't the Only Ones

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars read Chickens Aren't the Only Ones by Ruth Heller. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study of animals that come from eggs. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social...
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AIR PRESSURE

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify air pressure and how it affects objects. They experiment with one hard boiled egg in a bottle and the affects of air pressure on the egg.
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Egging It

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover scientific processes by conducting an experiment in class. In this osmosis lesson, 6th graders utilize eggs, cooking ingredients, string and plastic cups to create an experiment in which they watch the exchange of...
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Hatching Chickens

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explain the importance of carefully observing and caring for eggs and chickens in the classroom.
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Hatching Chick

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students create a hatching chick. In this Easter art activity, students cut out egg shapes and cut them to look jagged on the ends. Students make a chick and paste inside. When the egg is opened, you see the little chick.
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It's An Eggstravaganza!

For Students K - 2nd
In this Dr. Seuss book craft worksheet, students make a picture frame for their picture. Students cut out the pattern and attach their picture in an egg shape covered with green Saran wrap. The frame says "I Love Green Eggs and Ham" and...
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The Eggonaut

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students build a rocket. In this hands-on rocket activity, students work with classmates to create a rocket out of a 2-liter bottle that will protect a raw egg. The goal is to be the team with the rocket which spent the longest time...

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