The Life Cycle of a Chicken A WebQuest

by Michelle Obert Muscogee County School District Columbus, Georgia

Introduction | Task | Resources | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion

Introduction:

A life cycle is the ordered stages that occur in a plant or animal's lifetime. The chicken goes through a three stage life cycle that is called an Incomplete Metamorphosis.

Task:

Have you ever wondered what came first, the chicken or the egg? Your task is to become a chicken expert on this WebQuest! You will use the web to learn about chickens. What are the stages in a chickens life cycle? What happens during each stage? What does a chicken look like in each stage? How do chickens sound? What do they eat? How long do they live? Learn all that you can about these silly birds. Good luck!

Resources:

Many Elementary Second Grade Egg and Baby Chick Photos

Kids Farm Chick Photos and Sounds

Kids Farm Adult Chicken Photos and Sounds

Barnyard Palace Interesting Description of the Chicken and Other Facts

Kids Korner A story by an 11 year old girl about her life on a chicken farm.

Museum of Science and Industry Click on the arrow below the egg picture to play a video clip of a chick hatching.

Process:

Each chicken research team will include 2 people. I will assign both of you a job. One person will be the navigator. The navigator's job is to operate the computer by clicking on links to go to website links. The other person will be the recorder. The recorder's job is to write down pieces of information you need to complete your task of becoming a chicken expert.

You will demonstrate your expertise by creating and presenting a Kid Pix Studio Deluxe slide show with 7 slides. The first slide will be a title slide. Then create a slide about each stage in the chicken's life cycle. Since there are three stages you will need three slides to explain the life cycle stages. The following two slides will include other interesting information you have learned. You decide what will be most interesting to tell about on these slides. The last or seventh slide will include a list of the resources you used.

Each team will present their slide show to the class.

Evaluation:

Complete a student rubric after you finish your research, storyboards, editing and slide show.

Click to print a copy of the student rubric.

Conclusion:

Wow! You have learned so much about the life cycle of a chicken. Did you enjoy using the World Wide Web for research? What is the most important fact about chickens that you learned on this WebQuest? Did you enjoy working with a partner? Write in you journal to reflect on these questions.

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