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Science · K–3 · 15 minutes

Life Cycle Observation: an egg becoming a chick

Children draw, label, and ask questions about familiar living things and their changes.

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Life Cycle Observation: an egg becoming a chick

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Today I am practising: observing change over time

1

Draw the first stage of an egg becoming a chick.

2

What changes do you notice in an egg becoming a chick?

3

Write one thing an egg becoming a chick needs to grow or change.

4

What might happen next in an egg becoming a chick?

5

Write one question you have about an egg becoming a chick.

6

Use arrows to show the order of change in an egg becoming a chick.

Grown-up note: Ask your learner to explain one answer in their own words.

For the grown-up

How to teach this page

  1. Step 1Tell your learner what this page practises.
  2. Step 2Read the prompt aloud once, then give space to think.
  3. Step 3Ask what they noticed and celebrate the strategy.