The Life Cycle of a Chicken

Introduction

"What came first, the chicken or the egg?"

("Hen laying eggs on straw," 2019).

You are a fourth generation chicken farmer! An 18-wheeler is coming to drop off hundreds of baby chicks. With your family history, you know that there will be many stages within the life cycle, from the egg to the chicken. However, you have you only been present to put pullets in the house, then take them out of the house when they are full grown.

But, what day does the egg hatch or when does a chicken celebrate their birthday?

To truly understand your chickens, you are going to put yourself in their shoes (or paws!) to fully investigate the stages of their life cycle.

Task

As you embark on this new adventure, after the baby chicks have been dropped off on the farm, you have been tasked to learn what it is like to be a chicken.

1. As you go through the life cycle of a chicken, pick three stages to reflect on, using the journal format provide, answer the following three questions in each entry.

2. As you learn of the life cycle of a chicken, create a poster with "real-life" images depicting what age state demonstrates.

("Chicken house," 2019).

Process

1. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to interpret and reflect on the experience of the cycles of stepping the in shoes (paws) of a chicken, through keeping a journal entry of three stages.

As you go through the life cycle of a chicken, pick three stages to reflect on, using the journal format provide, answer the following three questions in each entry.

1. What stage are you in right now?

2. What are 1-2 exciting moments that are happening inside of you or around you right now?

3. What stage will happen next?

https://animals.mom.me/the-life-cycle-of-a-chicken-3142646.html

2. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to create and analyze the life cycle of a chicken through a documentation demonstrating the life cycle.

As you learn of the life cycle of a chicken, create a poster with "real-life" images depicting what age state demonstrates. For each cycle stage, include the day that the stage occurred.

https://www.planetozkids.com/oban/animals/animal-lifecycles/lifecycle-of-a-chicken.htm

https://kiddyhouse.com/Farm/Chicken/

Evaluation

("Chicks in a row," 2019).

Category

3

Exceeds/Meets Standards

2

In Progress

1

No Evidence

Information Gathering

of Life Cycle

Student gathered an exceeded amount

of data referring to the life cycle of a chicken,

included a picture for each stage of the cycle,

and included the date each stage occurs.

Student is missing 1-2 details of the

information requested to be gathered

per the web quest.

Information gathered

is not accurate or

non evident.

Diary Completion

and Creativity

Student presented the diary in a creative manner,

answering all three questions mentioned in the

"process" section.

Student presented the material, but is

missing 1-2 questions out of all diary

entries.

No evidence of

student recording

diary entries

creatively.

Aesthetics/Visual

Students diary and life cycle poster is clear and

aesthetically appealing.

Student is missing more than 1

picture in life cycle poster,

making it difficult to follow the visual.

No evidence visuals

on the poster.

Grammar/Spelling

No errors of grammar or spelling.

1-2 errors of grammar or spelling.

3 or more errors of

grammar or spelling.

Conclusion

You have learned about the life cycle of your chickens and have put yourself in your chickens shoes (paws!).

However, there is one last challenge for you, Mr. Farmer!

Collaborating with the peers at your table, we are going to reenact each lift cycle stage creatively through a skit.

("Chicken farmer," 2019).

Credits

("Chicken truck," 2019).

Information Gathering References:

https://www.planetozkids.com/oban/animals/animal-lifecycles/lifecycle-of-a-chicken.htm

https://kiddyhouse.com/Farm/Chicken/

https://animals.mom.me/the-life-cycle-of-a-chicken-3142646.html

Images:

Baby chicks. [Digital Image]. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.thehappychickencoop.com/baby-chicks/

Chicken house. [Digital Image]. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.reliablepoultry.com

Chicken farmer. [Digital Image]. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/chicken-farmer?page=2

Chicks princess. [Digital Image}. (2019). Retrieved from https://allthe2048.com/community-games/my-life.html

Chicken truck. [Digital Image]. (2019). Retrieved from http://www.championchicken.net/About%20Us/cctruckpg.html

Chicks in a row. [Digital Image]. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.school-of-adaptive-agriculture.org/baby-chicks/

Different colored chicken eggs. [Digital Image]. (2019). Retrieved from https://backyardpoultry.iamcountryside.com/eggs-meat/how-blue-eggs-get-…

Hen laying eggs. [Digital Image]. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.thehappychickencoop.com/how-do-chickens-lay-eggs/

Hen laying eggs on straw. [Digital Image]. (2019). Retrieved from http://theconversation.com/curious-kids-why-do-hens-still-lay-eggs-when-they-dont-have-a-mate-104077

Standard Reference:

Georgia Department of Education (2016) https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Documents/Science-Second-Grade-Georgia-Standards.pdf

Teacher Page

The purpose of this webquest was to address a Life Science standard, determining what the life cycle of a chicken is.

Standard Addressed:

Georgia Department of Education (2016)

"Life Science

S2L1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the life cycles of different living organisms.

Ask questions to determine the sequence of the life cycle of common animals in your area: a mammal such as a cat, dog or classroom pet, a bird such as a chicken, an amphibian such as afrog, and an insect such as a butterfly." (p.3).

WebQuest Created By: Christin Edwards

("Chicken princess," 2019).