Success Story4-H Chick Incubation Project during a Pandemic



4-H Chick Incubation Project during a Pandemic

Author: Samantha Gamblin

Planning Unit: Bullitt County CES

Major Program: Agriculture

Plan of Work: Natural Resources and the Environment

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

Bullitt County 4-H has been introducing the chick incubation project to elementary schools for the past 11 years.  In 2020-2021 school year, schools had to adapt to virtual learning. 4-H had to get creative with programming. Which meant that the chick incubation projects that students looked forward to was going to look different. Thankful for our modern technology and social media, the chick incubation project went on as planned. The project was available to all Bullitt County elementary schools through Facebook and packets of educational material.The videos included daily updates about the hatching process. Discussed candling, humidity and temperature, development stages during the 21 days. Participants commented about how much they liked getting to experience 21 days of the project.Teachers enjoy having this project every year and enhancing their life cycle curriculum. 4-H enjoys bringing agriculture into the classroom.






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