Our Second Grade Life Cycles

We have been very busy in second grade 
studying the life cycles of both butterflies and 
chickens. 

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.

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"!

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".

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!!!