PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The 4-H Embryology School Enrichment Program is offered through Lee County 4-H and the North Carolina Cooperative Extension. The mission of the 4-H Embryology School Enrichment program is to provide high-quality experiential learning opportunities. The 4-H Embryology School Enrichment Program addresses many of the Public School's 2nd-grade science and math competency-based curriculum objectives.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
- Increase student knowledge through hands-on learning opportunities in areas of science and math
- Provide experiential learning in the incubation, hatching, and brooding of chicks
- Students will demonstrate skills and knowledge mastered from this experience
METHODOLOGY AND EVALUATION
Trained teachers will facilitate the 4-H Embryology Program in third-grade classrooms. Instructions will be given on pre-hatch, incubation, and post-hatch procedures during the scheduled training session on April 21, 2026, @ 4:00 pm. Students will study the chick formation, early growth, and development in their eggs. If your classroom intends to do live hatching, you will receive chicken eggs, an incubator, and a teacher's curriculum. The birds will be collected after the hatch. An evaluation will also be given to help determine the program's benefits.
EMBRYOLOGY TRAINING and EGG PICK-UP DATE:
The Embryology Training will be held on April 21, 2026 @ 4:00 pm. The training is free of charge, and each educator will receive all the necessary information and supplies to complete the program successfully. To register, please call 919-775-5624, email pkerley@ncsu.edu, or use the online form (opens Feb 16). We look forward to working with everyone in 2026 and hope to see you at the training!
A CLASSROOM UNIT IN EMBRYOLOGY WILL HELP YOU MEET THE FOLLOWING NATIONAL SCIENCE STANDARDS
Conduct scientific inquiry. Ask questions about objects, organisms, and events in the environment. Plan and conduct a simple investigation. Use simple equipment and tools to gather data. Use data to construct a reasonable explanation. Communicate investigations and explanations. The characteristics of organisms. Organisms have basic needs. Organisms can survive only in environments in which their needs can be met. Each animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. Internal cues and external cues influence the behavior of individual organisms. Life cycles of organisms. Animals have life cycles including birth, maturation, reproduction, and death. Animals closely resemble their parents. Organisms and their environments. All animals depend on plants. Some animals eat plants for food. Other animals eat animals that eat plants. An organism’s patterns of behavior are related to the nature of that organism’s environment, including the kinds and numbers of other organisms present, the availability of food, resources, and the physical characteristics of the environment. Abilities of technological design. Identify a simple problem. Propose a solution. Implement proposed solutions. Evaluate a product or design. Communicate a problem, design a solution.
