Experience the miracle of life hands-on. Register your class for the 4-H Embryology Project. After signing up, your class will gain access to a kit containing everything necessary to conduct a 30-day investigation. All you'll need to add is creativity and T.L.C. Kits contain videos, slides, incubation and brooding equipment, lesson ideas, posters, preserved embryos, and more! Incubators come with automatic turners to make your job easier over the weekends. Fertile eggs are delivered and equipment is picked up in a timely fashion. The Extension office arranges homes for chicks, and help is always just a phone call away!

Fee per classroom is $10 to cover costs associated with fertilized chicken eggs, feed, and bedding. Sign up on the accompanying registration form and return it to the Extension office with your registration fee. You won't be registered for the project until your fee is turned in. Registration Deadline: January 22 by noon. Choose from two project periods: February 4 – February 29 OR April 1 – April 25.

One classroom will be recognized as the "2008 4-H Embryology Classroom of the Year." The winning classroom will be selected based on information submitted on an official award application to be distributed to participating classrooms. All students in the winning classroom will receive a beautiful 4-H rosette. Additionally, the classroom's efforts will be recognized in area newspapers and on the Ogle County 4-H website.

Illinois State Goals & Learning Standards

01A. Apply word analysis and vocabulary skills to comprehend selections.

01B. Apply reading strategies to improve understanding and fluency.

01C. Comprehend a broad range of reading materials.

03A. Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization and structure.

03C. Communicate ideas in writing to accomplish a variety of purposes.

06B. Investigate, represent and solve problems using number facts, operations and their properties, algorithms and relationships.

06C. Compute and estimate using mental mathematics, paper-and-pencil methods, calculators and computers.

07A. Measure and compare quantities using appropriate units, instruments and methods.

10A. Organize, describe and make predictions from existing data.

12A. Know and apply concepts that explain how living things function, adapt and change.

12B. Know and apply concepts that describe how living things interact with each other and with their environment.

13A. Know and apply the accepted practices of sciences.

13B. Know and apply concepts that describe the interaction between science, technology, and society.

SE3B. Apply decision-making skills to deal responsibly with daily academic and social situations.