LINKS OF INTEREST
All About Chickens for Kids & Teachers (Kiddyhouse.com) - resource center for kids and teachers
American Egg Board - publishes a variety of materials
Avian Embryo (Mississippi State University)
Curriculum Resource Library (National 4-H)
Eggcyclopedia (American Egg Board)
Farm Tech (Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, IL)
Genetics & the Baby Chick Hatchery (Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, IL)
Hendersons's Handy-Dandy Chicken Chart (Sage Hen Farm, Lodi, NY)
Parts of the Rooster - an online interactive game (University of Kentucky)
Poultry: A Guide to Anatomy & Selected Species (University of Illinois)
Poultry Learning Lab Kit (Ohio State University)
School Enrichment: What factors attract elementary teachers to 4-H science curriculum? (Journal of Extension)
Science for Kids (also available in Spanish) - Designed for children ages 8-13, the site explains how science affects everyday life and why it can make an interesting career. (USDA-ARS)
Understanding Avian Influenza (USDA CSREE)
Virtual Poultry Farm (Virginia Tech)
Welcome to Farm School (Family Farm Project, Knox County, Ohio)
EMBRYOLOGY PROJECT RESOURCES
Answers to Commonly Asked Embryology Questions (Pennsylvania State University)
"Beginning of Life" - Leaders Manual for Avian Embryology
(Pennsylvania State University)
Embryology in the Classroom - this Web site was developed to support the National 4-H Curriculum Embryology project and help teachers, project leaders, or individuals working on independent study become more familiar with the details of embryonic development.
Embryology in the Classroom: Don't Chicken Out Due to Unnecessary Health Concerns (Pennsylvania State University)
Incubating Eggs of Domestic Birds (Clemson University)
Incubation and Embryology (University of Illinois)
- Reproductive anatomy diagrams-
(Purdue University)
- Movie clips -
(Purdue University - Requires QuickTime 3.0)
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