Lesson Plan

Target Audience of Lesson: Kindergarten

Big Idea: The students will be given pieces of paper with an outline of an egg on it. They then must watch as the egg is candled and projected on the wall. The students will identify specific parts of the embryo. They will watch the movies posted on the websites provided to see certain parts of the embryo and how it gradually changes into a chick. Finally, they will summarize the growth process and describe what they see in the classroom in comparison to the websites.

Websites:

http://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/Embryology/Resources.htm - Video

http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/

http://www.geocities.com/sseagraves/fromeggtochick.htm

http://encarta.msn.com/media_461534809/Chick_Hatching.html - Video

Overall Goal: To teach the students about how chicks are born and how they grow while they are still inside of the egg. After watching the video, the students will be able to follow the growth process of a chick before it hatches and identify specific parts of the egg. The students will learn how to conduct an internet search while becoming skilled at using the mouse and keyboard. They will also see that the pictures and movies provided by websites are very much similar to those in the classroom.

Indiana Content Standards Addressed:
Standard 4: The Living Environment

Students ask questions about a variety of living things and everyday events that can be answered through shared observations.

Diversity of Life

K.4.1 View Resource(s) Give examples of plants and animals.

K.4.2 View Resource(s) Observe plants and animals, describing how they are alike and how they are different in the way they look and in the things they do.

ISTE CNETS Student Standards Addressed:

CONTENT STANDARD C: LIFE SCIENCE
C1. The characteristics of organisms
C2. Life cycles of organisms
C3. Organisms and environments