Category: Ag in the Classroom

Check out these egg-cellent learning activities all about poultry!

McLean County (IL) teachers can McLean County (IL) teachers can request ag mags and poultry activity kits for their classroom: Click here or find out how to participate in the Chick it Out program to hatch chicks in your classroom! Illinois Eggs in the Classroom: Daily videos for 21-day incubation

Poultry Ag in a Bag

Online Reading Materials:

• Poultry Ag Mag
  • Ag-Venture Activity Sheet – goes with Poultry Ag Mag
• Poultry Reader
• Poultry Young Reader

Ag-tivities

• University of IL Embryology worksheets (with answer keys)
• Countdown to the Hatch – shows daily development inside the egg, can be cut out & put inside plastic eggs or you can just put them in order from Day 1 – 21
• Egg Laying Cycle Poster
• Parts of an Egg Paper Plate Diagram
• Eggology – egg worksheets & parts of an egg book

Animation of Chick Development

Books to Read – set up a FREE account on openlibrary.org to read these online books for FREE!

• Chicks & Chickens by Gail Gibbons
• Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones by Ruth Heller
• Chicken & Egg by Christine Back