Planning Guide
Images from Living Eggs* Classrooms
Assembly Power Point Template
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Curriculum Links
Discussion:
Leadership:
- Lessons planned by students for younger classes
(by kind permission of High Arcal School)
Egg Experiments:
- Over 20 experiments for the classroom – both fun and educational
- (the following by kind permission of Rawlett Sports College)
- The Big Chick Project – Student booklet
- The Big Chick Project SOW
E Stories:
- From basic to advanced, these Power Point shows provide information on the topics below.
Biological Systems:
- Characteristics of Living Things
- Diary – based on Student Diary, students record their own observations
- Candling – inspecting an embryo (suitable for teacher demonstration)
- The Life Cycle of a hen (e.g. ‘The Living Egg’ , ‘Chicken and Egg’ booklets/Life Cycle poster to research)
- 21 day timeline of hatching process/use a calendar to count back the 18 days from when the eggs were fertilized.
Also use the Embryo Photos - Temperature, light and sound
- Animal Identification (See Animal groups and their coverings)
- Gestation Times of Poultry –
see Hatching Times - Dietary Requirements of Chickens –
See Diet sheet - Is it fresh?
- Survival
Inheritance and Reproduction:
- Selective breeding
(See Resource sheet Free Range Eggs)
Biodiversity & Interdependence
- Habitats
- Design a suitable environment
- Design a Hen Shelter
- Design a hen house (plus, minus, interesting)
- See Hen House Fact Sheet and Chickens in the Garden
- Design a Hen house for sale poster
Ecological Relationships
Biology for Year 7
- An enquiry based learning project
(Kindly supplied by St Benet Biscot Catholic High School) - A Year 7 Life Cycle Project
Extended Learning Programme for Yr 7
- (Kindly supplied by High Tunstall College of Science)
- Extended learning booklet
- Extended Learning Project (PowerPoint)
- Weight Graph
- Monitoring a Living Organism