3,945 students in 192 classrooms from 64 schools learned about embryo development by hatching chicks in third grade classrooms. Extension staff coordinate the program and give classroom presentations. Pictured is Extension Assistant Madelaine Vanderbeek shining a light on an egg (called candling) to check embryo growth.
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Read related article, “4‑H Embryology Will Crack 50 Years of Chicks Hatching in Local Classrooms,” at https://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/lancasterextension/18765/101713