SYLACAUGA, Ala. – In a fun and educational project to close the school year, students at B.B. Comer Memorial Elementary School got a hands-on lesson in science, agriculture and teamwork through a chicken hatching project in a partnership with the Talladega County Extension Office 4-H Program.
BBCES students in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades each played a role in the project. Fourth-graders selected the six eggs that would be used for the project after observing and discussing the matter. Fifth-graders helped assess and house the eggs, and sixth-graders took a deeper look at the science behind the hatching process, including incubation timelines and the role chickens play in agriculture. By the end of school, four of the six eggs had hatched.
Talladega County 4-H coordinator Aaron Rainey said that support through grants, extension partnerships and taxpayer funding helps make educational programs like the chick hatching project possible at no cost to local students and schools.
