{"id":8319,"date":"2014-05-03T15:38:42","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T19:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/?p=8319"},"modified":"2021-08-15T12:22:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T16:22:16","slug":"eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>See below for all things egg, including surprising eggs, scientific eggs, magical eggs, alien eggs, and jeweled eggs. Try the incredible egg drop experiment, make egg geodes, and find out the real answer to the troubling question of which came first: the chicken or the egg?<\/p>\n<p>Also see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/birds\/\">Birds<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/chickens-chicks-and-little-red-hens\/\">The Amazing Chicken<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9a2e1cfa54\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9a2e1cfa54\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/eggs\/#ALL_ABOUT_EGGS\" >ALL ABOUT EGGS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/eggs\/#LESSON_PLANS\" >LESSON PLANS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/eggs\/2\/#IMAGINATIVE_EGGS\" >IMAGINATIVE EGGS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/eggs\/2\/#EATING_EGGS\" >EATING EGGS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/eggs\/3\/#EGG_SCIENCE\" >EGG SCIENCE<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/eggs\/3\/#DROPPING_EGGS\" >DROPPING EGGS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/eggs\/4\/#ARTISTIC_EGGS\" >ARTISTIC EGGS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/eggs\/4\/#FABERGES_EGGS\" >FABERG\u00c9\u2019S EGGS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/eggs\/4\/#MATH_AND_EGGS\" >MATH AND EGGS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/eggs\/4\/#POETIC_EGGS\" >POETIC EGGS<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ALL_ABOUT_EGGS\"><\/span><b>ALL ABOUT EGGS<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12297 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/first-the-egg-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/first-the-egg-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/first-the-egg.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Laura Vaccarro Seeger\u2019s <i>First the Egg<\/i> (Roaring Brook Press, 2007), a Caldecott Honor Book, is a cleverly designed explanation of what comes first: First the egg, then the chicken; First the tadpole, then the frog; First the caterpillar, then the butterfly; First the paint, then the picture\u2026and all ties up neatly at the end. For ages 2-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12323 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tillie-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tillie-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tillie-768x618.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tillie.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Tillie, of Terry Golson\u2019s\u00a0<i>Tillie Lays an Egg<\/i>\u00a0(Scholastic, 2009) lives with six other hens in the henhouse in the backyard of Little Pond Farm. The other hens cooperatively lay their eggs in nesting boxes, but Tillie prefers the garden, the porch, the kitchen, the laundry basket, and the pickup truck. Color photographs follow the unpredictable Tillie around the farm. Think hide-and-seek, with a chicken and some eggs. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12275 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Chickens-arent-only-ones-284x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Chickens-arent-only-ones-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Chickens-arent-only-ones-969x1024.jpg 969w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Chickens-arent-only-ones-768x812.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Chickens-arent-only-ones-1453x1536.jpg 1453w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Chickens-arent-only-ones-1937x2048.jpg 1937w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Ruth Heller\u2019s gorgeous picture book <i>Chickens Aren\u2019t the Only Ones<\/i> (Puffin, 1999) is an irresistible rhyming account of egg-laying animals and their eggs \u2013 among them seahorses, snakes, spiders, and octopuses. You\u2019ll never forget the meaning of \u201coviparous.\u201d For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12302 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/guess-whats-growing-inside-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/guess-whats-growing-inside-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/guess-whats-growing-inside-825x1024.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/guess-whats-growing-inside-768x954.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/guess-whats-growing-inside-1237x1536.jpg 1237w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/guess-whats-growing-inside-1649x2048.jpg 1649w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/guess-whats-growing-inside.jpg 2013w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Mia Posada\u2019s <i>Guess What\u2019s Growing Inside This Egg<\/i> (Millbrook Press, 2006) is a fun interactive read. For each of the featured eggs, there\u2019s a riddle-like verse providing clues; then readers turn the page to find out what\u2019s inside the egg, along with a short informational paragraph about the animal. Attractive collage illustrations. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12310 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nest-full-JENKINS-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nest-full-JENKINS-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nest-full-JENKINS.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Priscilla Belz Collins, <i>A Nest Full of Eggs<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1995) in the Let\u2019s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series follows a robin family through the year, beginning with nest building, then the eggs are laid and hatched, baby birds are cared for, and learn to fly. Nicely presented information in story form for ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12324 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/where-do-chicks-come-from-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/where-do-chicks-come-from-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/where-do-chicks-come-from-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/where-do-chicks-come-from-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/where-do-chicks-come-from-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/where-do-chicks-come-from.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Also in the Let\u2019s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, see Amy E. Sklansky\u2019s <i>Where Do Chicks Come From?<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2005).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12312 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-tiny-turtle-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-tiny-turtle-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-tiny-turtle.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Nicola Davies, <i>One Tiny Turtle<\/i> (Candlewick, 2005) is the gentle story of a loggerhead turtle who lives in the ocean \u2013 until one summer night she arrives on the very beach where she was born to lay her own eggs. Notes provide additional information. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12294 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/emperors-egg-275x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/emperors-egg-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/emperors-egg.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Martin Jenkins\u2019s\u00a0<i>The Emperor\u2019s Egg<\/i>\u00a0(Candlewick, 2002) is the story of how the male emperor penguin \u2013 largest of all penguins \u2013 spends two months without food, standing with an egg on his feet. For ages 4-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From The Teacher\u2019s Guide, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theteachersguide.com\/booklessons\/theemperorsegg\/theemperorsegglessons.htm\">The Emperor\u2019s Egg Printouts<\/a> are a collection of word games and puzzles to accompany the book.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12276 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chicks-and-chickens-gibbons-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chicks-and-chickens-gibbons-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chicks-and-chickens-gibbons-997x1024.jpg 997w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chicks-and-chickens-gibbons-768x789.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chicks-and-chickens-gibbons-1495x1536.jpg 1495w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chicks-and-chickens-gibbons-1993x2048.jpg 1993w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Gail Gibbons\u2019s\u00a0<i>Chicks and Chickens<\/i>\u00a0(Holiday House, 2005) is an attractively illustrated picture-book introduction to chicken biology and behavior, variously covering egg-laying, embryo development and hatching, the characteristics of chicks, hens, and roosters, and a survey of chicken breeds. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12286 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-is-quiet-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-is-quiet-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-is-quiet-837x1024.jpg 837w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-is-quiet-768x939.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-is-quiet-1256x1536.jpg 1256w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-is-quiet-1674x2048.jpg 1674w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-is-quiet.jpg 2044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Dianna Hutts Aston, <i>An Egg is Quiet<\/i> (Chronicle Books, 2014) is an exquisitely illustrated introduction to the vast variety of eggs, discussing shapes, sizes, patterns, functions, and the many places in which eggs are found. A wonderful introduction for ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12272 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/animal-eggs-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/animal-eggs-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/animal-eggs-1024x1020.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/animal-eggs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/animal-eggs-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/animal-eggs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Dawn Cusick and Joanne O\u2019Sullivan, <i>Animal Eggs<\/i> (Early Light, 2012) is a 48-page account of eggs, illustrated with creative color photographs. Covered is an amazing array of eggs, from those of skinks and spiders to frogs, turtles, birds, and more. Readers learn about egg shapes, sizes, and colors; the many ways in which animals protect their eggs; which animals steal eggs; and more. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12306 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Its-so-amazing-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Its-so-amazing-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Its-so-amazing-845x1024.jpg 845w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Its-so-amazing-768x930.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Its-so-amazing-1268x1536.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Its-so-amazing-1691x2048.jpg 1691w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>People have eggs too. Robie H. Haris\u2019s 88-page <i>It\u2019s So Amazing!<\/i> (Candlewick, 2004) &#8211; subtitled \u201cA Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families\u201d \u2013 is a gentle, cheerful, and straightforward explanation of sex, birth, puberty, and different kinds of families (helped along with some banter between a talkative bird and bee). Very well done for ages 7-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12282 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-and-nest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"253\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By photographer Rosamond Purcell, <i>Egg &amp; Nest<\/i> (Belknap Press, 2008) is a gorgeous collection of color photographs of eggs and nests, accompanied by a helpful text on the history of egg collecting and the biology of birds. For teenagers and adults, but all ages will love the pictures.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From the Food Timeline, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodtimeline.org\/foodeggs.html\">Eggs<\/a> has a lot of information about the history of eggs, egg symbolism, egg sizes and preservation, and egg cookery, with quotations and resources.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From The Incredible Egg, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.incredibleegg.org\/professionals\/k-12-schools\/eggs-in-the-classroom\/\">Eggs in the Classroom<\/a> for virtual egg farm tours and egg-based projects and activities for all ages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>What&#8217;s the world&#8217;s most expensive egg? Who invented the egg carton? Learn fascinating facts at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finedininglovers.com\/stories\/egg-facts\/\">Egg Facts A to Z<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"LESSON_PLANS\"><\/span><b>LESSON PLANS<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; height: 951px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 185px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 185px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13328 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/eggs-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/eggs-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/eggs-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/eggs.jpg 931w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 185px;\">From First School, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.first-school.ws\/activities\/nutrition\/eggs-poultry.htm\">Eggs Theme<\/a> is a multifaceted preschool lesson plan with printable worksheets (E is for Egg, N is for Nest) and coloring pages, online puzzles and games, and activity suggestions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 76px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 76px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 76px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachersfirst.com\/lessons\/lessforall\/egg-laying.cfm\">Egg-Laying Animals<\/a> is a lesson plan for grades 2-6 in which kids make papier-mach\u00e9 eggs and build appropriate habitats for them.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 94px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 94px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 94px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oocities.org\/sseagraves\/fromeggtochick.htm\">From Egg to Chick<\/a> is a lesson plan to accompany a chick-hatching project, with a long list of associated experiments and arts and crafts. For elementary-level students. (See EGG SCIENCE, below.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 94px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 94px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 94px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cceoneida.com\/resources\/the-incredible-egg-4-h-classroom-curriculum-guide\">The Incredible Egg<\/a> is a downloadable 4-H curriculum guide targeted at grades 4-5. It covers the parts of an egg, chick embryology, and egg nutrition and the food pyramid. Many illustrated worksheets.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 184px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 184px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 184px;\">Education World\u2019s multidisciplinary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationworld.com\/a_lesson\/lesson\/lesson337.shtml\">Five Lesson Plans for Easter: Just Add Eggs<\/a> are really appropriate for any time of the year. For example, kids make and read maps leading to hidden eggs; make egg-based paints; experiment with eggs in saltwater; do math exercises with jelly eggs; and do art projects with egg cartons. Each lesson plan has extension activities. (There\u2019s a lot here.) Appropriate for a wide range of ages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 112px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 112px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 112px;\">From the Utah Education Network, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uen.org\/lessonplan\/view\/4973\">Eggs Introduction<\/a> is a six-day unit on eggs. Included are background info for parents and teachers, recipes, and printable worksheets. (Also see EATING EGGS, below.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>IMAGINATIVE EGGS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12300 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/good-egg-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/good-egg-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/good-egg-910x1024.jpg 910w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/good-egg-768x864.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/good-egg-1365x1536.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/good-egg-1820x2048.jpg 1820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Barney Saltzberg\u2019s <i>Good Egg<\/i> (Workman, 2009) is a delightful interactive book (with Egg). Flaps and tabs operate the egg as it\u2019s told to sit, roll over, lie down, catch, and finally \u201cSpeak!\u201d \u2013 at which point a bright-eyed chick hatches. For ages 2-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12277 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cow-that-laid-egg-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cow-that-laid-egg-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cow-that-laid-egg-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cow-that-laid-egg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cow-that-laid-egg-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cow-that-laid-egg-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cow-that-laid-egg.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Andy Cutbill\u2019s\u00a0<i>The Cow That Laid an Egg<\/i>\u00a0(HarperCollins, 2008), Marjorie is depressed because she\u2019s just an ordinary cow, and can\u2019t ride a bicycle or do handstands like the other cows. Then \u2013 after some clever chickens get to work with a paintbrush \u2013 Marjorie wakes to discover that she\u2019s (apparently) laid a black-and-white Holstein-cow-spotted egg. The other cows refuse to believe in Marjorie\u2019s egg and accuse the chickens, who refuse to tell. (\u201cProve it!\u201d) Eventually Marjorie\u2019s egg hatches a chick \u2013 whose first word out of the shell is \u201cMoo!\u201d With hilarious illustrations by Russell Ayto. Pair this one with Dr. Seuss\u2019s\u00a0<i>Horton Hatches the Egg<\/i>. For ages 2-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12280 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/duck-and-goose-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/duck-and-goose-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/duck-and-goose-921x1024.jpg 921w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/duck-and-goose-768x854.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/duck-and-goose-1382x1536.jpg 1382w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/duck-and-goose-1842x2048.jpg 1842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Tad Hills, <i>Duck &amp; Goose<\/i> (Schwartz &amp; Wade, 2006) features a delightful pair who occasionally have trouble getting along. When they find an enormous spotted egg, both claim it (\u201cI saw it first.\u201d \u201cI touched it first.\u201d). They unite, however, in the process of caring for the egg \u2013 and aren\u2019t at all dismayed when they discover that the \u201cegg\u201d is actually a polka-dot ball. One of a series. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12295 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/extraordinary-egg-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/extraordinary-egg-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/extraordinary-egg-795x1024.jpg 795w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/extraordinary-egg-768x990.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/extraordinary-egg-1192x1536.jpg 1192w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/extraordinary-egg-1589x2048.jpg 1589w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/extraordinary-egg.jpg 1940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Leo Lionni\u2019s <i>An Extraordinary Egg<\/i> (Dragonfly Books, 1998), Jessica, an adventurous frog, finds and rolls home an egg \u2013 promptly pronounced by her know-it-all friend Marilyn to be a chicken egg. When the egg hatches an alligator, the frogs persist in calling it a chicken and all become friends \u2013 though it\u2019s surprising how well the \u201cchicken\u201d can swim. When the baby is finally returned to its mother, the frogs all get a chuckle out of how she refers to the chicken as \u201cMy sweet alligator.\u201d For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12304 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/horton-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/horton-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/horton-756x1024.jpg 756w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/horton-768x1040.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/horton-1134x1536.jpg 1134w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/horton-1512x2048.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/horton.jpg 1846w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Dr. Seuss\u2019s <i>Horton Hatches the Egg<\/i> (Random House, 2004), Horton \u2013 surely the most lovable elephant in literature \u2013 faithfully cares for ditsy bird Maysie\u2019s egg, despite trials, tribulations, and teasing. (\u201cI said what I meant and I meant what I said\/An elephant\u2019s faithful, one hundred percent!\u201d) Finally Horton\u2019s much-cared-for egg hatches out an <i>elephant bird<\/i>. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Learn about <i>real<\/i> elephant birds with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1jM1_Pe4ea0\">David Attenborough and the mystery of the elephant bird<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/the-elephant-bird-1093723\">10 cool facts<\/a> about the elephant bird.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12311 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/odd-egg-gravett-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/odd-egg-gravett-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/odd-egg-gravett-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/odd-egg-gravett-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/odd-egg-gravett-1536x1043.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/odd-egg-gravett-2048x1390.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>I \u2013 well \u2013 just love Emily Gravett. In Gravett\u2019s <i>The Odd Egg<\/i> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2009), all the birds had laid an egg \u2013 except Duck. Instead he finds an enormous green-spotted egg and, though all the other birds make fun of it, he persists in waiting for it to hatch (knitting all the time). Finally Duck\u2019s egg produces an enormous baby alligator. The pictures are priceless. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12315 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pinkish-purplish-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pinkish-purplish-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pinkish-purplish.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Bill Peet\u2019s rhyming <i>The Pinkish, Purplish, Bluish Egg<\/i> (Sandpiper Books, 1984), Myrtle, a turtle dove, adopts an enormous and peculiar egg, which hatches out a little griffin. Despite horrified responses from the other birds (\u201cJust look! The thing is half lion, half eagle.\/I\u2019m sure that it must be unsafe or illegal.\u201d), Myrtle loves the griffin and names him Zeke \u2013 and Zeke, grown bigger, heroically saves the birds from a pack of foxes. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12320 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/talking-eggs-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/talking-eggs-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/talking-eggs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/talking-eggs.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Robert D. San Souci\u2019s <i>The Talking Eggs<\/i> (Dial, 1989) is the adaptation of a Creole folktale featuring two sisters, Blanche (\u201csweet and kind and sharp as forty crickets\u201d) and Rose (selfish and mean). Kind Blanche helps a strange old lady who gives her some talking eggs that provide her with wonderful things. Rose then sets off to get some eggs of her own, but \u2013 since she ignores the old lady\u2019s instructions \u2013 ends up with eggs that release only snakes and wasps. With illustrations by Jerry Pinkney. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12308 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/just-plain-fancy-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/just-plain-fancy-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/just-plain-fancy-793x1024.jpg 793w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/just-plain-fancy-768x992.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/just-plain-fancy-1189x1536.jpg 1189w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/just-plain-fancy-1586x2048.jpg 1586w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/just-plain-fancy.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Patricia Polacco\u2019s <i>Just Plain Fancy<\/i> (Dragonfly Books, 1994), Naomi, an Amish girl, complains that everything about her life \u2013 clothes, houses, and chickens \u2013 is just too plain. Then she and her sister Ruth find an unusual egg that hatches out a very peculiar chicken. They name it Fancy and try to keep it a secret for fear that the elders won\u2019t approve \u2013 until one day. at a working bee, Fancy breaks out of the henhouse and shows himself to be a glorious peacock. (The elders think he\u2019s just fine.) For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12303 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hedgessurprise-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hedgessurprise-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hedgessurprise-768x624.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hedgessurprise.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Jan Brett\u2019s <i>Hedgie\u2019s Surprise<\/i> (Putnam Juvenile Books, 2000), a Tomten \u2013 a Scandinavian gnome \u2013 is pinching Henny\u2019s eggs, but the problem is solved with some help from a little hedgehog. Wonderful illustrations with Scandinavian needlepoint borders. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12278 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/crows-of-pearblossom-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/crows-of-pearblossom-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/crows-of-pearblossom-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/crows-of-pearblossom-768x988.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/crows-of-pearblossom-1194x1536.jpg 1194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/crows-of-pearblossom.jpg 1244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In <i>The Crows of Pearblossom<\/i> (Harry N. Abrams, 2011) \u2013 Aldous Huxley\u2019s one and only children\u2019s book \u2013 the crows who live in Pearblossom\u2019s cottonwood tree are bedeviled by a rattlesnake, who keeps eating their eggs. Finally, with the help of an owl, they manage to trick the snake with a pair of fake eggs \u2013 and then live happily ever after, hatching out four families of seventeen children each. The illustrations are great fun \u2013 the crows\u2019 nest, for example, includes a grandfather clock and a bassinet for the egg. A witty read for ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12298 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/foxy-and-egg-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/foxy-and-egg-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/foxy-and-egg-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/foxy-and-egg.jpg 985w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Alex T. Smith\u2019s <i>Foxy and Egg<\/i> (Holiday House, 2011), Egg shows up on Foxy\u2019s doorstep, and Foxy \u2013 who has a cunning plan concerning tomorrow\u2019s breakfast \u2013 invites Egg in. She plies Egg with desserts (she wants a large egg), amuses Egg with games (she wants a fit egg), and finally tucks Egg into bed. In the morning, however, Foxy finds that Egg, overnight, has become simply enormous \u2013 and then, with a CRACK, Egg hatches out a large green alligator. The pictures add to the humor \u2013 for example, Foxy\u2019s house is entirely decorated with chickens. For ages 5-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12321 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-egg-robertson-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-egg-robertson-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-egg-robertson-871x1024.jpg 871w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-egg-robertson-768x903.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-egg-robertson-1307x1536.jpg 1307w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-egg-robertson-1742x2048.jpg 1742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In M.P. Robertson\u2019s <i>The Egg<\/i> (Puffin, 2004), George discovers a truly gigantic golden egg in the family henhouse. He transports it (by wheelbarrow) to his bedroom, settles it on his bed, and reads it stories &#8211; and shortly the egg hatches, producing a baby dragon. George now sets about teaching the dragon the essentials of dragonly ways: flying, breathing fire, battling knights, and distressing damsels. The two can\u2019t talk to each other, but they understand each other \u2013 as is revealed at the touching and grateful end. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12274 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/case-of-missing-dino-egg-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/case-of-missing-dino-egg-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/case-of-missing-dino-egg.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Martha Freeman\u2019s <i>The Case of the Missing Dinosaur Egg<\/i> (Holiday House, 2013), First Kids Cammie and Tessa \u2013 daughters of the first female president \u2013 are at the opening of a new dinosaur exhibit at the National Museum of National History, when a supposedly 70-million-year-old egg hatches and \u2013 an ostrich chick emerges. Off the kids go to find out what happened to the real egg. For ages\u00a07-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12281 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/E-Aster-bunnymund-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/E-Aster-bunnymund-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/E-Aster-bunnymund.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In William Joyce\u2019s <i>E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior Eggs<\/i> (Atheneum, 2012), E. Aster Bunnymund \u2013 of the brotherhood of the Pookas, philosophical warrior rabbits of great intelligence and size \u2013 and his mechanical Warrior Eggs are off to battle Pitch, the Nightmare King. One of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardiansofchildhoodbooks.com\/\">The Guardians of Childhood<\/a> series for ages 7-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12313 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/phoenix-and-carpet-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/phoenix-and-carpet-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/phoenix-and-carpet.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In E. Nesbit\u2019s <i>The Phoenix and the Carpet<\/i> (Puffin, 2012) \u2013 originally published in 1904 \u2013 five children discover a wonderful egg rolled up in the new carpet that has been purchased for the nursery. The egg falls into the fire and hatches out a fabulous (talking) Phoenix. In company with the Phoenix and the carpet (which turns out to be magic), the kids set out on a series of adventures. (A sequel to <i>Five Children and It<\/i>.) For ages 8-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12279 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dragons-egg-thomson-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dragons-egg-thomson-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dragons-egg-thomson-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dragons-egg-thomson-768x1116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dragons-egg-thomson.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Sarah L. Thomson\u2019s <i>Dragon\u2019s Egg<\/i> (Greenwillow Books, 2007), dragons are small farm animals \u2013 and Mella, who has a talent for dragons, is in charge of caring for her family\u2019s herd. Then a knight arrives, following signs of mythical dragons \u2013 the fire-breathing monsters of legend \u2013 after which Mella finds a true dragon\u2019s egg in the forest, guarded by a terrifying and enormous dragon. In company with the knight\u2019s squire, Roger, Mella sets off to take the egg safely to the dragon Hatching Grounds. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12322 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-enormous-egg-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-enormous-egg-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-enormous-egg-773x1024.jpg 773w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-enormous-egg-768x1018.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-enormous-egg.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Oliver Butterworth\u2019s <i>The Enormous Egg<\/i> (Little, Brown, 1993), one of the hens in the Twitchell family henhouse lays an enormous egg \u2013 which hatches out an infant Triceratops. Twelve-year-old Nate names the dinosaur Uncle Beazley and decides to raise it himself, but a growing dinosaur proves challenging, so Nate \u2013 with the help of a friendly paleontologist \u2013 decides to find Uncle Beazley a home. He doesn\u2019t expect the resulting political furor. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12307 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jeremy-thatcher-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jeremy-thatcher-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jeremy-thatcher.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Bruce Coville\u2019s <i>Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007), 12-year-old Jeremy stumbles upon a mysterious magic shop and ends up with a dragon\u2019s egg. Eventually the egg hatches and produces Tiamat, a dragon that only Jeremy and his friend Mary Lou can see. It\u2019s not easy, however, raising an invisible dragon. One of the Magic Shop series for ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12314 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pinhoe-egg-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pinhoe-egg-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pinhoe-egg.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Diana Wynne Jones, <i>The Pinhoe Egg<\/i> (Harper Collins, 2006) is one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/dianawynnejones.wikia.com\/wiki\/Chronicles_of_Chrestomanci\">Chronicles of Chrestomanci<\/a> series, set in a parallel British universe featuring castles and magic. In this volume, enchanter Cat Chant and young witch Marianne Pinhoe find an incredible egg \u2013 hidden for years in an attic \u2013 that hatches out a baby griffin. A good bet for fans of Harry Potter. For ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12290 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-in-one-basket-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-in-one-basket-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-in-one-basket.jpg 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Kathy Mackel\u2019s <i>Eggs in One Basket<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2006), football star Scott Schreiber \u2013 right in the middle of an important game \u2013 is blindsided by a horrible screeching noise that nobody but he and Stacia Caraviello (a Weird Band Girl) can hear. It turns out that Scott\u2019s science project \u2013 a nest of odd eggs that he found in the woods \u2013 really comes from outer space. Scott and friends are soon entangled in an intergalactic battle between the peaceful, but powerful, birdlike aliens, the Lyra, and the evil Shards. And there\u2019s a space security cop who looks like a dog. For ages 11-13.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>EATING EGGS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12301 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/green-eggs-and-ham-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/green-eggs-and-ham-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/green-eggs-and-ham.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Dr. Seuss\u2019s <i>Green Eggs and Ham<\/i> (Random House, 1960) is the rollicking story of Sam-I-Am, who is doing his best to convince a friend to eat green eggs and ham. His friend DOES NOT LIKE green eggs and ham. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>It\u2019s also funny in French, as <i>Les Oeufs Verts au Jambon<\/i> (Ulysses Press, 2009).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See if YOU like green eggs and ham. You can just add a drop of blue (yes, blue) food coloring to your breakfast scrambled eggs &#8211; or try this fancier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekitchn.com\/how-to-make-green-eggs-and-ham-242334\">version<\/a>, which calls for spinach.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Also see Dr. Seuss\u2019s <i>Scrambled Eggs Super<\/i> (Random House, 1953) in which Peter T. Hooper sets out to find a fabulous collections of eggs for the most incredible breakfast ever. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12291 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-over-evie-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-over-evie-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-over-evie-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-over-evie-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-over-evie-1207x1536.jpg 1207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-over-evie.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Alison Jackson\u2019s <i>Eggs Over Evie<\/i> (Henry Holt and Company, 2010), 12-year-old Evie \u2013 a budding chef \u2013 has problems: her celebrity-chef father\u2019s new wife is expecting twins; her mother is starting to date; and Evie is feeling lost. Cooking turns out to be a way for Evie to find herself. Each chapter begins with a cooking quote and features a recipe (many with eggs). Try Evie\u2019s Mount Vesuvius Omelet Souffle. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12317 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Revolting-recipes-dahl-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Revolting-recipes-dahl-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Revolting-recipes-dahl.jpg 456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Roald Dahl (with great illustrations by Quentin Blake), see <i>Roald Dahl\u2019s Revolting Recipes<\/i> (Puffin, 1997) for an irresistible recipe for Stink Bug Eggs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>A recipe for perfectly cooked soft-boiled eggs (with science): from Scientific American, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/bring-science-home-soft-boiled-egg\/\">Egg-cellently Cooked Eggs<\/a> for instructions and explanations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/01\/05\/science-of-eggs_n_1185671.html\">The Science Behind Eggs<\/a> has a brief explanation and a slide show of favorite foods made possible by eggs (say, angel food cake and custard).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>EGG SCIENCE<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12309 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/naked-eggs-spangler-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/naked-eggs-spangler-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/naked-eggs-spangler.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Steve Spangler\u2019s <i>Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes<\/i> (Greenleaf, 2010) is a collection of great science experiments, among them at least four with eggs. Cool for everybody; recommended for ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From the San Francisco Exploratorium\u2019s Science of Cooking series, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\/cooking\/eggs\/\">Eggs<\/a> has illustrated information on egg science, recipes and activities, science experiments, and a (virtual) trip to an organic egg farm.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/egg-in-bottle-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/egg-in-bottle-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/egg-in-bottle.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.science-sparks.com\/2013\/02\/16\/10-egg-science-experiments\/\">Science Sparks<\/a> has a list of ten interesting egg experiments, with instructions and explanations. For example, make a bouncing egg and a floating egg, find out how strong an eggshell really is (very), and watch air pressure operate to suck an egg into a bottle.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Chemistry and calcium! See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencefairadventure.com\/Translucent_Egg.aspx\">Translucent Egg<\/a> for an experiment involving calcium carbonate, acetic acid, and an egg.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/urbanext.illinois.edu\/eggs\/res00-index.html\">Incubation and Embryology<\/a>\u00a0from the University of Illinois Extension has an excellent collection of detailed resources on chickens, chick embryology, and eggs. Included are instructions for building a simple cardboard-box incubator and a coffee-can egg candler.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Also from the University of Illinois Extension,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/urbanext.illinois.edu\/eggs\/activities.html\">activities for younger students<\/a>\u00a0include a series of downloadable worksheets in which kids can label and identify the parts of an egg and a chicken, determine which egg is fertile, size and grade eggs, measure incubation temperatures, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13322 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/chickscope-287x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/chickscope-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/chickscope.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu\/explore\/embryology\/\">Chickscope<\/a>\u00a0has a detailed account of the 21-day chick developmental process. Included for each day are diagrams, photographs, explanations, and related math and science projects.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Sources for incubators, eggs, and chick supplies include\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mypetchicken.com\/\">My Pet Chicken<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.strombergschickens.com\/\">Stromberg\u2019s Chicks and Game Birds<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolina.com\/\">Carolina Biological Supply Company<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Which came first: the chicken or the egg? See what science says with this great animated explanation from <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5978875\/science-proves-whether-the-chicken-or-the-egg-came-first\">Gizmodo<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pddEdNIwdtA\">Chicken or Egg? Science Decides!<\/a> is a great evolutionary explanation on YouTube.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From the San Francisco Exploratorium, learn about osmosis with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\/snacks\/naked-egg\">Naked Eggs<\/a>!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From AAAS, <a href=\"http:\/\/sciencenetlinks.com\/lessons\/big-egg-mystery\/\">The Big Egg Mystery<\/a> is: how can a bird sit on its eggs without breaking them? Included are discussion questions, a link to the PBS Kids video \u201cAn Egg is Quiet,\u201d and printable student worksheets.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fry-egg-on-sidewalk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Is it really <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/37860-hot-enough-to-fry-an-egg-on-the-sidewalk-this-weekend.html\">hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk<\/a>?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, see these illustrated instructions for making an exciting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msichicago.org\/support\/corporate-and-foundation\/member\/activities-content\/science-at-home\/egg-bungee-fb-live\/\">Egg Bungee<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13795 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/easter-eggs-3032081_960_720-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/easter-eggs-3032081_960_720-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/easter-eggs-3032081_960_720-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/easter-eggs-3032081_960_720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefriday.com\/educational-resources\/eggs-to-dye-for\/\">Eggs to Dye For<\/a> has an explanation of the chemistry of egg dyeing, plus an egg color activity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>The early Earth smelled like rotten eggs. Really! Read about it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2013\/05\/03\/180824400\/ancient-earth-may-have-smelled-like-rotten-eggs\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>DROPPING EGGS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12285 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-drop-by-grey-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-drop-by-grey-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-drop-by-grey-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-drop-by-grey-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-drop-by-grey-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-drop-by-grey.jpg 1475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Mini Grey\u2019s <i>Egg Drop<\/i> (Alfred A. Knopf, 2009), the star character is an egg who wants to fly. Now. Without waiting to hatch. (\u201cThe Egg was young.\/It didn\u2019t listen.\/If only it had waited.\u201d) So, in the teeth of all advice, the egg climbs to the top of a tower and jumps. When the inevitable happens, and the broken egg can\u2019t be fixed (not even with nails, tomato soup, or band-aids), it ends up on a breakfast plate, sunny-side-up. It\u2019s hilarious, but some kids may not think so. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/078b257257077b3d77ec72f9f4f5db6a-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/078b257257077b3d77ec72f9f4f5db6a-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/078b257257077b3d77ec72f9f4f5db6a-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/078b257257077b3d77ec72f9f4f5db6a.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevespanglerscience.com\/lab\/experiments\/egg-drop-inertia-trick\">Egg Drop<\/a> \u2013 a great experiment that illustrates the concept of inertia \u2013 is simple and thrilling. (A standard event here every Thanksgiving.) You\u2019ll need a glass of water, a cardboard tube, a pie pan, and an egg.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13324 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/egg-drop-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/egg-drop-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/egg-drop.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Can you save an egg from death? Try building a device that will keep your egg intact when it\u2019s dropped from a height of ten feet. (Balloons? A parachute? Bubble wrap?) For a few ideas, see <a href=\"http:\/\/marshallbrain.com\/science\/egg-drop.htm\">How can you keep a falling egg from breaking?<\/a> from Science on the Brain.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>ARTISTIC EGGS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12283 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Eggbert-265x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Eggbert-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Eggbert-905x1024.jpg 905w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Eggbert-768x869.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Eggbert-1358x1536.jpg 1358w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Eggbert-1810x2048.jpg 1810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Tom Ross\u2019s <i>Eggbert<\/i> (Puffin, 1997), an artistic egg who sports a red beret is evicted from the refrigerator because he is slightly cracked. Eggbert, at first dismayed, soon finds out that that the world is full of cracks, in everything from clouds to volcanoes to the Liberty Bell. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12316 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rechenka-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rechenka-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rechenka.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Patricia Polacco\u2019s <i>Rechenka\u2019s Eggs<\/i> (Philomel, 1988), Babushka lives alone in a little house \u2013 dacha \u2013 in the Russian countryside, where she spends her winters painting beautiful eggs for the Easter festival. Then she rescues a wounded goose and names her Rechenka \u2013 who, once healed, accidentally breaks all of Babushka\u2019s eggs. Babushka is devastated, until Rechenka miraculously lays a set of wonderful eggs to replace the ones that were lost. For ages 4-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13327 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/pysanky-261x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/pysanky-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/pysanky.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>From the Incredible @rt Department, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.incredibleart.org\/lessons\/high\/Sue-Pysanky.htm\">Pysanky Ukrainian Eggs<\/a> lesson plan has a history of pysanky eggs, book and resource lists, a printable handout for designing your own eggs, a gallery of painted eggs, and more.\u00a0 Adaptable for a range of ages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnpysanky.com\/\">Learn Pysanky<\/a> is a detailed tutorial for making Babushka-style Ukrainian Easter eggs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See Martha Stewart&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/275369\/decorating-easter-eggs\">Best Ideas for Decorating Eggs<\/a>, which includes instructions for gold-foil eggs, decoupage eggs, natural-dye eggs, pysanky eggs, and many more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From That Artist Woman, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatartistwoman.org\/2012\/03\/easy-easter-art-project.html\">Easy Easter Egg Art Project<\/a> has instructions for making beautiful paper pastel-resist pysanky eggs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12293 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-tree-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-tree-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-tree-768x944.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-tree.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Katherine Milhous\u2019s <i>The Egg Tree<\/i> (Aladdin, 1992) \u2013 the Caldecott winner in 1951 \u2013 Katy (who can\u2019t find any eggs on the traditional family Easter egg hunt) finds a collection of painted eggs in her grandmother\u2019s attic. She and her cousins then learn about the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition of the Egg Tree, a tree decorated with colorful eggs. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12305 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/intricate-eggs-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/intricate-eggs-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/intricate-eggs.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Chuck Abrams\u2019s <i>Intricate Eggs<\/i> (Running Press, 2008) is a coloring book of intricately patterned eggs to color. A gorgeous project for lovers of colored pencils. For ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12284 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-cozies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-cozies.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-cozies-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Keep your eggs warm! <i>Egg Cozies<\/i> (Guild of Master Craftsman Publications, 2010) has instructions for many creative egg cozies \u2013 those little English-style hats used to keep teatime boiled eggs warm. Fun for beginning knitters on up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12299 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/geodes-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/geodes-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/geodes.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>From Tinkerlab, see these instructions for making <a href=\"https:\/\/tinkerlab.com\/experiment-egg-geodes\/\">egg geodes<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Also see Martha Stewart\u2019s impressively gorgeous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/343344\/crystal-egg-geodes\">Crystal Egg Geodes<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Scientific American, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/bring-science-home-silk-egg-dyeing\/\">Silky Science: Tie-Dyeing Eggs<\/a> has instructions for dyeing eggs with a silk necktie.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13325 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/eggshell-people-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/eggshell-people-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/eggshell-people.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationworld.com\/a_lesson\/02\/lp259-02.shtml\">Eggshell People<\/a> has instructions for making \u201ceggshell people\u201d from empty eggshells, potting soil, and grass seed (for hair).\u00a0 Accompanying activities include charting the rate of growth of the grass hair, keeping eggshell people diaries, and writing eggshell people stories.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/stringeastereggs-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/stringeastereggs-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/stringeastereggs.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Make gorgeous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationworld.com\/a_lesson\/03\/lp305-03.shtml\">String Eggs<\/a> with balloons, string, and glue.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Tinkerlab, <a href=\"http:\/\/tinkerlab.com\/60-egg-activities-for-kids\/\">60 Egg Activities for Kids<\/a> is a great collection of arts and crafts projects, among them collage eggs, vegetable-dyed eggs, ice eggs, egg candles, egg shell sculptures, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From DLTK\u2019s Crafts for Kids, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dltk-kids.com\/type\/egg_carton.htm\">Egg Carton Crafts<\/a> has a long list of projects: make ants, bats, chicks, snakes, dragons and more, all from cardboard egg cartons.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_8643-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_8643-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_8643-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_8643-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_8643-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_8643-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_8643.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>From Scholastic, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/teachers\/article\/crafts-recycled-egg-carton-flowers\">Recycled Egg Carton Flowers<\/a> has instructions and a video demonstration.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Not enough egg cartons for your projects? They\u2019re available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enasco.com\/p\/Unlabeled-Egg-Cartons%2BC14067N\">Nasco<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/egg-art\/\">gallery<\/a> of extraordinary artistic eggs!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Chinese artist Wen Fuliang makes spectacularly detailed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2253113\/Cracking-good-art-Chinese-man-creates-intricate-sculptures-EGG-SHELLS.html\">egg shell sculptures<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>FABERG<\/b><b>\u00c9\u2019S EGGS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12296 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/faberges-eggs-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/faberges-eggs-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/faberges-eggs.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Toby Faber, <i>Faberg<\/i><i>\u00e9\u2019s Eggs<\/i> (Random House, 2008) is the story of the fabulous jeweled eggs made for Russia\u2019s czars by renowned jeweler Carl Faberg\u00e9. A fascinating historical read for teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12273 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/artful-eggs-coloring-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/artful-eggs-coloring-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/artful-eggs-coloring.jpg 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Using Marty Noble\u2019s <i>Artful Eggs From Around the World Stained Glass Coloring Book<\/i> (Dover Publications, 2011), colorers can make 16 \u201cstained-glass\u201d pictures of pysanky, washi, and Faberg\u00e9 eggs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/treasuresoftheworld\/a_nav\/ed_nav\/level_1\/ed_faberge_frm.html\">Faberge Eggs: Mementos of a Doomed Dynasty<\/a> is a creative lesson plan for middle- and high-school-level students, designed to accompany PBS\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/treasuresoftheworld\/index.html\">Treasures of the World<\/a> series.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From the Poetry Foundation, see Elizabeth Spires\u2019s poem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/37302\/faberges-egg\">Faberg\u00e9\u2019s Egg<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>MATH AND EGGS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12287 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-123-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-123-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-123.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Janet Halfmann, <i>Eggs 1,2,3: Who Will the Babies Be? <\/i>(Blue Apple Books, 2012) is an interactive counting book in which readers lift a flap to discover what\u2019s inside the egg: for example, a penguin chick, a pair of platypuses, or nine frog tadpoles. For ages 2-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12288 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-and-legs_1_orig-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-and-legs_1_orig-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-and-legs_1_orig-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eggs-and-legs_1_orig.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Michael Dahl\u2019s\u00a0<i>Eggs and Legs<\/i>\u00a0(Nonfiction Picture Books, 2005) is a clever exercise in learning to count by twos, as a hen watches pairs of legs emerge from hatching eggs. For ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.growingyourfuture.com\/civi\/sites\/default\/files\/EGG-Math-ActivityBookSmall_File.pdf\">Incredible Edible Eggs<\/a> is a downloadable math activity book for preschoolers and early-elementary kids, illustrated with drawings and color photographs. Matching games, counting, and simple addition.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/addition-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/addition-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/addition.jpg 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Make cool <a href=\"http:\/\/www.primarythemepark.com\/2017\/06\/egg-carton-math-games-first-grade\/\">egg carton math games<\/a> for early-elementary kids!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/kidsactivitiesblog.com\/11238\/cool-math-for-kids-game\">Fun with Buttons: Egg Math<\/a> is a counting game in which kids pair numbers of buttons to big bright number-labeled foam eggs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"252\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Mancala may be the oldest game in the world. <a href=\"http:\/\/deceptivelyeducational.blogspot.com\/2013\/09\/egg-carton-mancala-game.html\">Egg Carton Mancala Game<\/a> has instructions for making a mancala board from an egg carton, with links to a You Tube video that teaches you how to play. A great fun way to encourage strategic thinking.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/map.mathshell.org\/materials\/tasks.php?taskid=262&amp;subpage=apprentice\">Birds\u2019 Eggs<\/a> is a math project in which kids use a scatter graph to investigate the relationship between the length and width of birds\u2019 eggs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Chickscope, <a href=\"http:\/\/chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu\/explore\/eggmath\/\">Egg Math<\/a> has information and mathematical exercises involving egg shape (symmetry and cross-sections, ellipses and ovals), the white-yolk theorem, spherical geometry, and embryo calculus. For older students.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>By Yutaka Nishiyama, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osaka-ue.ac.jp\/zemi\/nishiyama\/math2010\/egg.pdf\">The Mathematics of Egg Shape<\/a> is an interesting illustrated essay for older students. (Did you know that eggs stop rolling on slopes? Check it out.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>POETIC EGGS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12292 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-thoughts-frances-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-thoughts-frances-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/egg-thoughts-frances.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Russell Hoban\u2019s <em>Egg Thoughts and Other Frances Songs<\/em> (HarperCollins, 1994) is a collection of poems by creative little badger, Frances. Frances\u2019s \u201cSoft-Boiled,\u201d for example: \u201cI do not like the way you slide\/I do not like your soft inside\/I do not like you many ways\/And I could do for many days\/Without a soft-boiled egg.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From <a href=\"http:\/\/etc.usf.edu\/lit2go\/74\/nursery-rhymes-and-traditional-poems\/5076\/an-egg\/\">Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems<\/a>, this is a riddle-poem about (spoiler!) an egg. Pass it on to somebody else and don&#8217;t tell.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catb.org\/esr\/riddle-poems.html\">Riddle Poems and How to Make Them<\/a> has many examples of this very old tradition and helpful instructions for inventing some of your own.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/158B-Version-2-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/158B-Version-2-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/158B-Version-2.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/hencam.com\/thevintagehen\/2012\/06\/an-egg-poem\/\">An Egg Poem<\/a> \u2013 in which E is for Eating, not Egg \u2013 once appeared on late 19<sup>th<\/sup>-century cigarette cards. See images (and poem).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Ezra Pound\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/allpoetry.com\/Poetic-Eggs\">Poetic Eggs<\/a> compared poetry writing to laying eggs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>By Naomi Shihab Nye, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poem\/175735\">Boy and Egg<\/a>, about finding fresh eggs in the chicken house.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Featured on NPR\u2019s The Writer\u2019s Almanac, Baron Wormser\u2019s poem\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.writersalmanac.org\/index.html%3Fp=7472.html\">A Quiet Life<\/a> begins \u201cWhat a person desires in life\/Is a properly boiled egg.\/This isn\u2019t as easy as it seems.\u201d (Find out why.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See below for all things egg, including surprising eggs, scientific eggs, magical eggs, alien eggs, and jeweled eggs. 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