Oviparous Animal Unit

 To kick off our unit on oviparous (egg-laying) animals, we had chicks in our classroom for about 7 days. They got big, too big, very quickly and were hopping out of their classroom "coop," so they retired to Ms. G.'s house. The kids sure had fun with them while they were here!

Measuring their height

Drawing and labeling their body parts

Teams of two took special care of a chick. They named them so creatively!

Weighing them with cubes

We'll continue our oviparous animal unit with a study of ladybugs and ants. 

While we're waiting for them to arrive (in the mail!), we researched oviparous animals. 

The kids each chose an oviparous animal they were interested in, and looked through resources taking notes on their animal's egg-laying habits, diet, physical adaptations, and other interesting facts.

Then they planned their writing project using a graphic organizer.

Next they typed their reports on the classroom computers. 

Last, they used Google Images to search for photograph of their animal to use as an illustration for their report. 

The first graders really knocked my socks off with this project! 

Stop by our classroom to check out our research!