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Project Description

The students will breed Partridge Cochin Bantams in the classroom. Each student will make sure that the students will breed Partridge Cochin Bantams in the classroom. Each student will make sure that birds have plenty of fresh food and water daily. Collect the eggs for incubation. Dissect eggs at different stages of embryonic development and draw pictures. Through this, they will appreciate the importance of another life form.

Project Goals

Essential Question:

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

Specific Questions:

How many days does it take to incubate a bantam egg?

Can the chicks feed themselves after they hatch?

How many months does it take for a bird to mature and reproduce?

Illinois and CPS Learning Standards

STATE GOAL 11:

HAVE A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROCESSES OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY AND TECHNOLOGICAL DESIGN TO INVESTIGATE QUESTIONS, CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS AND SOLVE PROBLEMS.

CAS B. Design and conduct simple scientific investigations in which observations are made, data are gathered and organized, and reasonable conclusions are drawn.

B2. Observe and describe changes in terms of starting conditions, types of changes, and ending conditions, using words, diagrams, or graphs (e.g., melting ice cubes, germinating seeds, burning candles).

Unit Prerequisites

Enjoy learning about birds

Performance Tasks

Access:

Observe the behavior of the adult birds

Inspect the hens to see if they are developing eggs

Examine their vents to see if they are developing eggs

Interpret:

Check the caged daily to see if eggs are laid

Compare the size and weights of the eggs that are laid

Check the birds to see if you actually see them matting

Produce:

Draw pictures of the adult bantams

Write a log stating how many eggs are laid from the birds daily.

Develop a chart

Communicate:

Describe what the male does before fertilization happy

Evaluate:

Weigh the chicks and eggs

Check the chicks for any visual defects

Performance Assessment Plan

Performance Indicators	Assessment Tool
Science: 11,B2	Rubric
	Task at hand
	Data collected

Teacher Resources

PARTRIDGE COCHINS
Handsome, massive fowl of the Asiatic class and gorgeously colored. Males' hackle and saddle feathers are almost orange-red with black centers. Females have the typical partridge pattern with dark reddish brown feathers penciled in black. Brought from China in the days of the clipper ships, they were highly prized in New England for their show qualities and as valuable setting hens.

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