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Egg Science


Core Learning Experience + Supplies and Equipment

  • ​Gather the children in a group, and have available a carton of eggs. Explain that they were laid by chickens, that baby chickens come from eggs, but the eggs need to be fertilized first, and these eggs are not fertilized, so will never be baby chickens.
  • Children touch, hold and observe the eggs, and describe the shells, shape, and smell. 
  • Crack one of the eggs onto a saucer. Discuss the parts of the egg – the membrane, yolk, albumin (white) and the white string that is attached to the yolk. Then have each crack an egg into individual saucers, and explore and discuss their own egg.

Possible/Expected Discoveries

  • ​Living things need to create other living things. Two ways that animals do this, is by having live babies (mammals), and by laying eggs. Some animals that lay eggs are birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, insects and spiders. We are exploring a chicken’s egg. A chicken is a bird.
  • Can you find some similarities and differences between the uncracked eggs; the cracked eggs?
  • Do you think that other birds lay eggs? Where might they lay them? Have you ever seen a bird’s egg that was not laid by a chicken? (show photos or a real nest)

Extended Learning and Other Curriculum Areas

  • ​​Paint an egg shape.
  • Peel shells from hard-boiled eggs, dry them, color with food coloring and make a collage.
  • Arrange egg shapes according to size, or numerical order.
  • Cook with eggs. Make a fried egg and a scrambled egg, and compare the consistency and how they look. Taste – do they taste the same? Make and egg custard with some milk and sugar.
Preschool science activities - some animals come from eggs
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​http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/experiments/egg.htm

Books

​Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones
Daisy and the Egg by Jane Simmons
The Emperor’s Egg by Martin Jenkins

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  • Home
  • Lesson Plans Index
    • Life Science Plants and Animals >
      • Comparing Leaves
      • Exploring Pumpkins
      • Shucking Corn
      • Earthworm Observation
      • Parent and Baby Animals
      • Collecting Ants
      • Spider Season
      • Visit to a Pet Store
      • Living and Non Living Things
      • Animals Come in Many Shapes, Sizes and Colors
      • Ways Animals Move
      • Animals Need to Eat
      • Difference Between Wild and Tame Animals
      • People Can Use Products Provided by Animals and Plants
      • Animal Coverings - Hair, Fur, Feathers, Scales and Skin
      • Animals Live in Different Places
      • Metamorphosis and Change in Biology
      • Nocturnal Animals
      • Egg Science
      • Exploring Fish
      • Tree Skin Bark
      • Roots Growing Potatoes in Water
      • Stems - Making Daisy and Clover Chains
      • Flowers
      • Digging in the Dirt
    • Life Science People Index >
      • Parts of Our Body and How We Use Them
      • Our Heart
      • Our Hands
      • Our Feet
      • Fun With Balance
      • Sound Search
      • Sense of Touch
      • Exploring the Sense of Sight
      • Follow That Scent
      • Stop That Germ!
      • Interesting Tools That Doctors Use
      • We Need Healthy Teeth
      • Keep Those Muscles Moving!
    • Physical Science Index >
      • Blowing Bubbles
      • Magnify!
      • Ways to Measure Time
      • Magnetic Attraction
      • Ramps in Motion
      • Ice Melting
      • Sink or Float a Boat
      • Sponges and water
      • Dropping Things Through the Air
      • Static Electricity
      • Battery Electricity
      • Properties of Soap and Water
      • Weights and Balances
      • How Can Heat Change Things?
      • Tools Can Help Us Do Things
      • Lifting with Levers
      • Wheels
      • Predicting How Simple Machines Will Work
      • Computers and Other Devices
      • Discoveries With Straws
      • Different Ways of Making Light
    • Earth and Sky Science Index >
      • Shadow Chasing
      • Sun Effects
      • The Night Sky
      • Kinds of Clouds
      • Dressing for the Season
      • Classifying Rocks
      • Colors of the Rainbow
      • Who Has Seen the Wind?
      • Rain
      • Snow
      • Litter Hunt
      • We Can Take Care of the Earth
  • Teaching Notes
  • Links
  • Contact