In-school Embryology

I. Pennsylvania 4-H embryology Project materials presently available for Teachers through extension distribution include:

A0912C	Hatching Classroom Projects for Grades 2-5
A0910A	PA 4-H Embryology Member Guide 1
A0913C	Experiments in Poultry Science for Grades 6-8

** PDF Answer Sheets for PA 4-H Embryology Member Guide 1 Down load a copy of the answers for the new members Guide here.

*Pennsylvania 4-H Poultry Project Enrollment Numbers*

II. For County Extension Personnel.

A. Free Fertile Eggs available to PA 4-H Embryology Participants. Available through Extension professionals only. See Policy & Procedures for ordering. They have changed as of August 1, 2006.

B. "Embryology in the Classroom, Don't Chicken Out Due to Unnecessary Health Concerns"  A new fact sheet that discusses the facts about potential disease concerns for those involved in an embryology program.

C. Classroom incubation record sheets. PDF record sheets to help teachers and students keep an accurate record of important information for a successful project. Print a copy and place near your incubator for the members to keep daily records.

• Beginning Level I Record
• Advance Level II Record

D. Powerpoint educational programs available by PDF. I will be developing and saving various types of educational materials in PDF format for your use. More will be added to this site over time.

• Embryonic Development This PowerPoint was developed to help teachers and educators to be come familiar with how the embryo develops from a fertile egg up through hatch. Also helps you understand what the developing embryo looks like and what to observe at the various stages of development.

D. Procedures regarding Cooperative Extension's provision of noncredit ACT 48 hours 4-H Embryology Training Project, Embryology In-Service, Embryology Project, Embryology Training are all approved programs for ACT 48.

III. Other web based resources available:

Embryology in the Classroom is a national site developed to support the new National 4HCCS Embryology curriculum released in 2001. Educators will find it extremely helpful as a resource for teaching embryology in the classroom. Phillip J. Clauer also manages this site.

Virtual Tours of Farming Enterprises by PennAg Industries Association. Very good tours of an egg farm, broiler farm and egg packing plant.

Answers to Commonly Asked Embryology Questions is a list of questions that I have received from teachers and youth over the years with a brief answer.

"Beginning of Life" Leaders Manual for Avian Embryology. A PDF copy of the leaders manual Phillip Clauer developed while at Virginia Tech. Contains a good bit of useful content material for the teacher.

Virginia 4-H Virtual Farm will bring the farm to the classroom. Visit a commercial breeding farm and Hatchery and let the youth enjoy this interactive learning tool. Phillip Clauer helped develop the poultry section while I was at Virginia Tech.

Incubation and Embryology is designed by University of Illinois Extension to provide elementary and high school teachers with knowledge of the chicken's egg, its importance to man, and its role in reproduction of the species. Suggestions on how to use classroom incubation and embryonic development projects to enhance programs in science, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and art will be offered. Very good information, nicely presented.

Chickscope by the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign has some good material on embryology in the classroom and building your own incubators. Well put together site with good information.

Material from Purdue University

Egg Structure

Embryo Anatomy

Oviduct Anatomy

4-H Embryology information from Mississippi State University.

Avian Embryo discusses the formation of the egg and the avian embryo.

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