Third Grade Good Eggs

 

IT'S SPRINGTIME!
Six fertile chicken eggs (courtesy Harvey Schlomach, Redeemer member) are nestled quite nicely 'neath our Mama Chicken in the Rainbow Room.  They should hatch over spring break.

Fortunately Mrs. Faidley brought baby chickens for us to love on.  We blew out eggs for our Easter ornaments. We know that these eggs, from the grocery store, come from egg factories.  No roosters there. And everybody knows that it takes a mommy and a daddy to create a baby in God's World.

Many students have chickens in  their backyards, thanks to Austin's backyard coop movement.

 

Developing chickens: Did you know there's an ap for that! Here's us candling our fertile
chicken eggs using the iPhone light ap.

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

EGGS!

Our chicken eggs should hatch March 11.

Second graders discover that hard-boiled eggs spin quite nicely.

EGGS EGGS EGGS!    
This week, most classes investigated the structure of the chicken egg.  Yolk, egg spot, membranes.  Albumen (did you know there was a thick and thin egg white?)

Holes in the eggshell for the developing embryo to breath.  Egg shapes differ depending on the environment of the nest; seabird eggs are pointy so they will roll in a circle and not roll off a cliff. 

 

Not all were thrilled with the textures.

And some first-graders definately were.

We're coloring the shells for Easter projects.