| Language |
| 1.
Read the book Chickens Aren't The Only Ones
and have a discussion on the different animals
that come from eggs. |
| 2.
The Cadbury website has put together an awesome
Teacher Packet for use in your classroom..........click
here for the pdf. |
| 3.
Have your students read The Chicken Who Wouldn't
Hatch by Lisa C. Ernst and then have then
write their own version of the story. |
| 4.
As a group enjoy the book The Most Wonderful
Egg in the World by Helme Heine and then have
your students discuss and write down their talents
and also the talents they see in others. |
| 5.
I really really enjoyed Eggbert - the Slightly
Cracked Egg by Tom Ross. I think your students
will enjoy it as well!! |
| 6.
Have your OLDER students visit National Geographic's
"The
Great Dinosaur Hunt" and keep a journey
of all they learn as they journey through this
great "egg"sperience!! |
| 7.
Write a poem, a haiku, a limerick, or acrostic
verse about eggs. |
| 8.
Make up a story about the day in the life of a
egg! |
| 9.
Take the words The Great Egg Roll and create as
many words as you can. |
| 10.
Cut out lined paper in the shape of an egg and
have your children create a journal of your Egg
Roll Day! |
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| Math |
| 1.
Use a pattern to make a bird & a nest. Put
a number on the bird. Have the students add that
many eggs to the nest. |
| 2.
Create graphs on how your students like to eat
their eggs. (Scrambled, fried, over easy, sunny
side up, etc) |
| 3.
Visit
the Egg Math website for a great math idea!! |
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| Science |
| 1.
Supply each group of 3 or 4 with 2 feet of masking
tape, thirty drinking straws and a raw egg. Their
task is to find a way, using the resources they
have been given, to drop the egg from a height
without it breaking. Give the groups ten minutes
to come up with a prototype of their solution
and then have a go at testing them out over a
balcony, off a step ladder or out the window!
Obviously the winning group(s) is the one which
doesn't break its egg! |
| 2.
Where's the shell? - an experiment in chemical
reactions and osmosis.
Materials:
1 small jar or glass
1 raw egg
vinegar
Procedure:
Place the raw egg into a small
jar. Pour enough vinegar over the egg until
it is completely covered. Watch the egg for
several minutes. You will notice that the shell
on the egg appears to bubble. After three days,
remove the egg from the jar or glass. Gently
remove the shell while you rinse it under cool
water. If the shell does not come off completely,
return the egg to the jar or glass. covers the
entire egg, and try to rinse the egg the next
day. Examine the egg and have the students write
their observations. Bubbles will immediately
form on the surface of the egg and will increase
in number over time. The bubbles are carbon
dioxide gas. After 24 hours the shell is gone.
The membrane of the egg remains. The chemical
name of vinegar is acetic acid and egg shells
are made up of calcium carbonate. There is a
chemical reaction between the vinegar and the
shell.
Next, fill a jar with corn syrup.
Place the egg in the syrup. It will probably
float. Observe the egg ever few hours and notice
the changes. Keep the egg in the syrup for three
days. Remove the egg and rinse it under cool
water. Examine the egg and have the students
write their observations.
Next, place the egg in a jar
of water. Keep the egg in the water for three
days. Remove the egg. Have the students examine
the egg and record their observations.
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3.
Floating Eggs - an experiment with buoyancy
Materials:
1 raw chicken egg for each group
2 large jars and a popsicle stick for each group
1 box of table salt for each group
1 pitcher of water for each group
Procedure:
Fill the first jar about 2/3 full of water
Fill the second jar about 2/3 full of water
and add about 3T of salt. Stir until the salt
is dissolved. Keep adding salt and stirring
until no more will dissolve.
Place a raw egg into each jar.
Have the students record their observations
By adding the salt to the water
you increase the density of the water. The buoyant
force is equal to the egg's mass
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| 4.
Eggstra Strong Eggs - Try to see how much weight
a raw egg will hold
Materials:
4 raw eggs
4 soft drink bottle tops
lots of large, heavy books
plastic tablecloth for the table
piece of poster board 12" by 12"
Procedure:
Weigh the four raw eggs. Cover
the table with a plastic cloth. Place the eggs
in a bottle top. Place the four bottle tops
in a rectangle, about 8" by 6". Put
the piece of poster board over the eggs. Begin
placing books on top of the poster board. Record
how much weight the eggs hold before they break.
Compare the weight the eggs held to their actual
weight.
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| 5.
Did you know one ostrich egg can make an omelette
for 10 people. The eggs weigh 3 to 6 pounds and
they would take at least 45 minutes to hard boil.
Visit
the Iowa Egg Council for other great egg facts.
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| 6.
Make an egg bounce and even MORE great egg experiments
found HERE!! |
| 7.
Take
the time to visit Jerrie Cheek's Egg Page. Lots
of Great Links!! |
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| Technology |
| 1.
Visit the "Great
Egg Answer Hunt" created by Mrs. Miller
at Arthur Elementary School. Great Online Scavenger
Hunt! |
| 2.
Take
the time to visit "Chickscope".
An awesome site by the University of Illinois.
Make sure you check out the "yolk of the
day". |
| 3.
Using Inspiration/Kidspiration, create an "egg"ceptional
"egg"perience.. Free 30 day trial available
here -- INSPIRATION
KIDSPIRATION |
| 4.
Create PowerPoint/Hyperstudio presentation (including
pictures) of your Great Egg Roll! |
| 5.
It really doesn't get much better than this --
visit the Hershey's
site for great "egg" games! |
| 6.
Visit Hot
Potatoes and have your students create an
ONLINE QUIZ of Egg Trivia. |
| 7.
Visit Puzzlemaker.com
and have your students create an Egg Roll HTML
word game. If they create a great one -- then
send it to me and we will post it on this site. |
| 8.
Visit the Cadbury
site for kids......lots and lots of fun!! |
| 9.
Using a digital or regular camera -- make a collage
of your Great Egg Roll Day! Scan your pictures
and print them out on T-Shirt transfer paper as
an added memory for your kids!! |
| 10.
Using Inspiration or Kidspiration -- have your
kids create unique "I AM AN "EGG"-CEPTIONAL
KID" web highlighting their hobbies or talents!
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| 11.
Download some of the coloring book ideas and save
them as bitmaps and transfer into Kid Pix for
your students to color. Or better yet -- let them
create their own egg pictures!!! |
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