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Science · K–3 · 15 minutes

Life Cycle Observation: an egg becoming a chick

Children draw, label, and ask questions about familiar living things and their changes.

Life Cycle Observation: an egg becoming a chick

Name:                              
Date:              

Today I am practising: observing change over time

1

Draw the first stage of an egg becoming a chick.

2

What changes do you notice in an egg becoming a chick?

3

Write one thing an egg becoming a chick needs to grow or change.

4

What might happen next in an egg becoming a chick?

5

Write one question you have about an egg becoming a chick.

6

Use arrows to show the order of change in an egg becoming a chick.

Grown-up note: Ask your learner to explain one answer in their own words.

How to use it

A simple ten-minute routine

  1. Set the purposeTell your learner this page practises observing change over time.
  2. Let them tryRead the prompt aloud once, then give space to think.
  3. Talk it throughAsk: “What did you notice?” and celebrate the strategy.