Observing nature: students hatch chickens in third grade classroom

Something is hatching in Mrs. Seward’s third grade classroom at NR-S. With a peep and a pip, chickens are breaking their way out of their shell, and the students couldn’t be more delighted.

“I’ve never seen a baby chicken before today!” exclaimed one student.

Seward made the decision this winter, when the ground was still frozen and the snow clouds billowed overhead, that she would put the incubat...