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Hatching eggs!

Science Year 2
This unit is part of Year 2 Science Healthy Animals

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Objectives

Using magnifying glasses, closely observe feathers and eggs and draw what you see. Consider the question: what do you think is inside an egg? Look after an incubator in the classroom and observe what happens to the eggs!

Science Objectives
i) Notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults.

ii) Find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air).

Working Scientifically

  1. Ask simple questions and recognise that they can be answered in different ways.
  2. Observe closely, using simple equipment.

Other Curriculum Areas
Art

  • Use drawing to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination.

Lesson Planning

Teaching

  • Hypothesise about what is in an egg at various stages of incubation.
  • Research the development of a chick and understand that it is a baby chicken.
  • Observe the chicks closely, discuss findings and record observations.
  • Discuss and research what the chicks will need to grow into healthy adults.

Activities

  1. Understand the development of a chick in an egg and then how a chick grows into a hen.
  2. Observe hatching chicks closely and record what they see, hear, smell and feel.

Investigation - exploring over time
Observe what happens when chicks hatch.

Vocabulary
Egg, chick, hatch, baby, adult, grow, change, feathers, observe, record

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