5th Graders Welcome Spring with Newly Hatched Chicks

Our 5th graders 'hatched' a project in March that just came to life, literally. On March 21, the students, as part of a science unit, put fertilized eggs into an incubator in the classroom. The Coulson family provided the incubator and an awesome candling device to allow the class to look closely at the eggs' interiors as they developed. The eggs were provided by the Coulson and Reyes Bonilla families. The chicks began to appear over the weekend; seven of the 15 have hatched into chicks and are in the process of being named. You can bet they are being cuddled and cared for by 5th graders, with visits and attention from other science classes, students of all ages, and even faculty (some of whom kept them as overnight guests). The chicks will eventually go to a fifth grade family with chickens.
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