Special Project has been revealed!

Today I was finally able to reveal our hatching project to my students!  Right before Spring Break, I told them that when school resumed we would have a special project coming to our class.  They were very patient this morning and then after lunch, I revealed the eggs and the incubator to them.  They were such great listeners as I explained the hatching project to them and I was surprised with how many questions they had already!  And of course, part of explaining our project was discussing the rules that would be in place.  Number 1 rule, we look with our eyes, NOT with our hands!  I then had them come up two at a time to get a look through the window in the top.

Here is a picture of the whole area where our incubator is set up:

 

As I explained the project to the kids today, I showed them the 24 eggs that we have.  I told them that it is very likely that not all of our eggs would hatch, so I want them to expect that and not be upset if some do not hatch.  Then I had each of them make a prediction on how many eggs they think will hatch.  We have some pretty great predictions, I can't wait to see who has the closest number!

Today we did our first lesson on the life cycle of a chicken after we read the book From Egg to Chicken by Anita Ganeri.  Tomorrow, we will continue our lessons in our Chicken Life Cycle unit and start our Chicken Observation Journals when we put our eggs in the incubator!  Now I'm just hoping and praying that I can get the temperature inside the incubator to stabilize - my fingers are crossed!

~Ms. Julie