This semester we will be digging into the science behind all things chicken! We began the project by researching what we call "the recipe of a chicken". We don't mean this in terms of how to prepare a chicken for dinner. Rather, if students had to compose a chicken from scratch (think: Franken-chicken), what are all the parts, inside and out, that they need to include?
First, students spent time researching the internal/external features of the bird and illustrating these. Next, students were able to connect their research to the real thing through a hands-on exploration! Thanks to Mary Perrin and Jean Marie Rouillard for sharing their birds with us! Students absolutely loved this activity. We were able to trace the digestion tracks, hold chicken lungs, and even see eggs in various stages of development with the shells still in the process of forming. Finally, Jill Keller, SK parent and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine at the University of Michigan, joined the class to discuss more in-depth, specific anatomical systems of the chicken, such as the skeletal system and digestion system.
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