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Elementary School Students Hatch Chicks

Second-grade students observe chicks hatching right in their classroom.
Second-grade students observe chicks hatching right in their classroom.

The Plainview-Old Bethpage School District recently offered an opportunity for second-grade students at Old Bethpage Elementary School to observe the life cycle of chicks in their classroom. Students built brooders, fed and took care of the chickens.

Chicks_072016BThe experience aimed to apply science, technology, engineering and mathematics lessons to the classroom curricula, while also teaching students about nature and responsibility.