Our Second Grade Life Cycles We have been very busy in second grade studying the life cycles of both butterflies and chickens. |

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Our Incubator The first step is to make sure our incubator is all set up with everything the eggs will need to begin their development inside their temporary home for the next 21 days. |
From Egg to Chick We are very lucky to be able to see inside a real egg! Mrs. Quick has these great photos for us to study as we learn about each stage of development. |

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The "Big Break" This is a photo of the shells after our chicks worked tirelessly to get out and begin their new life. |
Whoo.... "Boy, that was a lot of work! We are so tired. We think we'll rest for a while"! |

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Our Embryology Corner Here is a view of our classroom life cycle center. We have so many neat things in this corner, and some of our students even made "birthday cards" to welcome the newest members of our class! |
Our New Home "After spending some time in the incubator, we are all dried and fluffed and ready to move to our new home. This new home is called our brooder. It is a nice, warm, cozy place for us to eat, drink, sleep, and play with our brothers and sisters". |

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Here We Are! Mrs. Minehardt-Quick and our aide Mrs. Chrysler are SO proud of the job we have done in preparing for our new chicks. Our second grade family has gotten even bigger!!! |