For the past three years at Lincoln a biology teacher, Kelli Berryhill, has created a project activity for her Genetics Unit that only her freshmen classes get to experience. Ms. Berryhill does this project with her freshmen class is because Ms. Berryhill owns a couple of hens herself.  That’s where she’s able to get the eggs for the project.

How it Works

Students are set up in groups of four. Each group decides on a name for their egg, which will later turn into a baby chick. For students to adopt their chick and take it home, they need to get a permission slip as well as parent consult. The students who are planning to take a chick home will need to think very thoroughly about their decision, like the necessities for the chick: a brooder box, feeder, litter, a heat lamp and a waterer. There will be some chicks that end up getting a new home, and there will be some that won’t be heading to a new home.  If that’s the case Ms. Berryhill will happily end up taking the rest of the chicks home with her.

When interviewing Ms. Berryhill, Lion Tales asked her a couple of questions about her activity and how she came up with the idea of having this fun, exciting and incredibly cute project. Ms. Berryhill responded by saying “I came up with this activity since I thought it would’ve been a great match with my Genetics Unit and it would attract the students into participating and being more involved with the activity. She also said “It’s a very fun and exciting project, not just for me, but also for the students. This is my third year doing it and I’ve noticed that I learn a bit more every year.”

Ms. Berryhill took lots of live streams of the students chicks and you should all check it out!