farm:activities:egg_examination
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Egg Examination
RECOMMENDED FOR:
GRADE 4 (could get more involved for higher levels)
TIME REQUIRED:
10 minutes
OBJECTIVES:
- Examine a fresh egg
- Label (orally) the parts of an egg
MATERIALS REQUIRED:
- bowl fresh
- egg
- magnifying glass
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Crack open the egg into the bowl (have class siting in a circle on the floor and put the bowl in the middle)
- Identify the various parts of the egg
- shell
- yolk
- thick white
- thin white
- chalazae
- germ spot
- shell membranes (in the shell)
- air cell (in the large end of the shell)
- Set the bowl in a place where the children may observe it during the day
QUESTIONS:
farm/activities/egg_examination.txt · Last modified: 2020-05-09 15:02 by 127.0.0.1