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Subject: Digital Technologies

Year Level: Year 2

Strand: Design and Technologies knowledge and understanding

Sub-Strand: Food and fibre production

2.3 Investigate sustainable systems of care for plants and animals that are grown, raised and processed for food, clothing and shelter for an identified purpose

Resource Links:
http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/explore/embryology/ (life cycle)

http://www.msichicago.org/online-science/videos/video-detail/activities/the-hatchery/ (video of chicks hatching)

Cross Curricular Priorities and General Capabilities:
ICT, Science, Personal and social capability, critical and creative thinking, ethical understanding.

Classroom Activity:
These resources allow students to develop an understanding of how a chick grows and develops within the egg each day during the process. The video shows students how a chick hatches out of the egg.