Project-Based Learning Task

My unit will be on the study of "Egg to Chick." First grade children will observe and understand the development of a chicken from egg to chick.  This unit will last approximately 6 weeks.  It will begin with a small study on eggs, where students observe different eggs and learn why we eat some eggs and not others.  Students will incubate fertilized chicken eggs for 21 days as they learn about the changes that are taking place inside the egg.  Once the chicks hatch, the students will care for them for approximately one week. 

The students will be taking part in two final projects.  Each will individually illustrate and write a page in an A to Z book all about Egg to Chick. The words chosen by the students should be relevant/important to the study.  The second project will consist of a the class creating a digital story that details the changes the chick is going inside the egg and once it has hatched.
 
The essential questions for this unit are:

●      How does an egg provide a suitable environment for a growing chick?

●      What happens during the gestation period of an embryo?

●      What conditions do eggs need to survive?

●      What conditions do animals (chicks) need to survive?