Baby chick project hatches students' interest in science

JUNE 20, 2012
 

Something exciting hatched recently at Anna S. Kuhl Elementary School. Students in Dawn Buzzelli's kindergarten class proudly welcomed six baby chicks to their classroom.

The chicks were part of a hands-on science project designed to teach students about the life cycle of baby chicks. Instead of just reading about the process in a book, the students were actively involved in the incubation and hatching of the baby chicks.

They tracked the chicks’ incubation period and observed their embryo development through a process called candling where the embryo can be seen by shining a light through the shell.

After 21 days of anticipation, the first chick hatched. The class then got to spend the next two weeks watching and caring for the chicks, which were all affectionately named by the students, grow and develop their tail feathers.