From experiments that engage students with eggs, to teaching basic biology with a classroom incubator project, there are many ways to make learning fun. The websites and publications below will inspire any educator to teach students with poultry as an authentic learning tool.
Boiler Vet Camp
"The only camp of its kind in Indiana, Boiler Vet Camp gives want-to-be veterinarians or veterinary technicians the chance to live out their dreams. This camp is designed for students who are interested in becoming veterinary healthcare professionals and provides a preview into the real and vast fields of veterinary medicine. Students who attended a previous camp can not repeat the same camp.
Through presentations, demonstrations, laboratories, visits and in-depth, hands-on activities, students will discover what modern veterinary medicine is all about. Students will gain personal experience of what it is like to attend vet school and what it takes to become a veterinarian or veterinary technician through this seven day on-campus experience at one of the premier veterinary schools in the country. Students entering 8th and 9th grades are eligible to attend Jr. Camp and students entering the 10th, 11th, or 12th grades are eligible to attend the Sr. Camp. The minimum age required to attend Vet Camp is 12 years of age.
Eggs
Teaching with Eggs: Fun with Eggs in the Classroom - Want to teach science principles in a fun and informative way? This is the place for you! Learn about science, using resources that are fun, inexpensive and easy to do.
Teacher Resources - American Egg Board - The American Egg Board (AEB) has partnered with credible educational organizations to create effective curriculum materials to help further your students’ knowledge of eggs, egg farmers and egg farms. AEB’s partners include Discovery Education, The Education Center and National Ag in the Classroom.
Meet Our Proud Egg Farmers - American Egg Board - Learn about how American Egg Farmers are committed to delivering high-quality eggs and following the highest standards for caring for their poultry and the land on which they farm.
Hatching Science with Classroom Chicks (Grades K-2) - National Agriculture in the Classroom offers a curriculum matrix to teach students how am embryo develops inside and egg over time. Check out the video below on “21 Days of Discovery.”
Thinking Chicken
Check out this video from Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. designed to teach elementary students about how meat chickens are raised in the Delmarva Peninsula (Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia).
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