Eggsactly: An Egg Online Activity
Go to: http://www.mrsoshouse.com/ext/egg.html
Directions: Use the links provided to find the answers to the questions.
1. Some animals lay eggs. Some do not. Write the animals that do lay eggs.
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2. Read the story about Edgar's Easter Eggs.
How did Edgar color the eggs?
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How did Edgar feel after the hunt? __________________________________________________
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How do you feel about sharing? _____________________________________________________
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3. What animal lays most of the eggs we eat?
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The female or mother is called a
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Write three things chickens like to eat.
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4. Look at these pretty Pysanky Eggs.
If you made a Pysanky egg, how many colors would you use?
Write the colors here:
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5. Egg Anatomy - write a fact for each term
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Air Cell ___________________________________________________________________________
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Shell _____________________________________________________________________________
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Yolk ______________________________________________________________________________
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6. Dinosaurs laid eggs. The first dinosaur egg found was shaped like what kind of ball?
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Underline the correct word.
The egg shape is like a - Triangle | Rectangle | Square | Oval | Circle
7. Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs were given as presents.
Would you like to get an egg as a present?
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When would you give someone an egg as a present? __________________________________
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Ask your librarian for a book about eggs. I like the book Chickens Aren't the Only Ones by
Ruth Heller.
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