Literature: "The Enormous Egg" by Oliver Butterworth

These websites are about the book “The Enormous Egg” by Oliver Butterworth. Includes activity ideas and a quiz to go along with the book. There is also a hands-on experiment about egg hatching. Includes eThemes Resources on dinosaurs and fossils.

Grades

• 4

Links

• The Enormous Egg Activity Guide

  This partial guide provides vocabulary activities, character maps and a drawing guide. This guide features chapters 1-5. The entire guide may be purchased for a nominal fee.

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• Egg-Related Activities for Easter and all Year

  Use the variety of cross-curricular activities involving eggs while reading "The Enormous Egg".

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• How Do Scientists Find Dinosaur Fossils?

  This lesson invites students to learn how a paleontologists work and record information on a dig.

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• Embryology: Hatching Baby Chicks

  Students will do hand-on activities about hatching eggs. They will learn how to use an incubator, observe development of chicks, and take care of newborn chicks. NOTE: This site has links to external websites.

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• eThemes Resource: Science: Dinosaurs

  Learn more about the types of dinosaurs that roamed the earth years ago. Find out which dinosaurs were in your area, watch videos about these creature, and create your own dinosaur artwork. Includes 3D images, games, and quizzes. There is a link to an eThemes Resource on fossils.

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• eThemes Resource: Science: Fossils

  These sites focus on fossils and include information about paleontologists, dinosaurs, and petrification. View photographs of actual fossils. Includes a link to an eThemes Resource on dinosaurs.

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Education Standards

• AU
  • RS2.7.1
  • RS2.7.1
  • RS2.7.2
• AL
  • 4.1
  • 4.2
  • 7.1
  • 7.2
• MO
  • R.1.H.a
  • R.1.H.c
  • R.1.H.e
  • R.1.I.a
  • R.1.I.b
  • R.1.I.c
  • R.3.C.a
  • R.3.C.b
  • R.3.C.c
• ME
  • A2.a
  • A2.b
  • A2.d
• NV
  • 2.4.1.1.a
  • 2.4.1.1.b
  • 2.4.1.1.c
  • 2.4.1.1.d
  • 3.4.1.1.a
  • 3.4.1.1.b
  • 3.4.1.1.c
• OK
  • A.3.1.a
  • A.3.1.c
  • A.3.2.a
• DE
  • 2.3a.1.a
  • 2.3a.1.c
  • 2.3a.1.d
  • 2.4bL.1
  • 2.4bL.3
  • 2.4bL.6
• IL
  • 1.11.28

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Created: January 28, 2009 at 11:55 | Updated: June 25, 2012 at 19:27