ChickQuest

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Posted on 05/15/2020

ChickQuest is an Ohio State University extension 4H enrichment program. Introduced in late 2008, it incorporates concepts of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). It challenges third-grade students to investigate the lifecycle of egg-laying animals while monitoring the 21-day incubation period of an embryonic chicken egg and observing the chicks that hatch. The program is different from a traditional embryology curriculum in that it incorporates a daily science lesson geared to Ohio's academic standards.

We do hands-on science in the classroom all the time, but this takes kids through the scientific and engineering thinking process. It has a hands-on component, yes, but it also has life. When one student saw a chick break open from the shell, he said, "This is a miracle." Students gain an understanding that things are alive, and it awakens a bit of their humanity as they are studying science.

We laid the eggs on May 1, 2020. The chickens will hatch around May 21, 2020.

Live Streaming from 8 am-8 pm Incubator Cam A (Recorded sessions will be 8:00 am-12 noon & 12 noon-2:00 pm)
To see recordings of live-streams Incubator Cam A

Live Streaming from at 8 am-8 pm Incubator Cam B (Recorded sessions will be 8:00 am-12 noon & 12 noon-2:00 pm)
To see recordings of live-streams: Incubator Cam B