• Embryology in the Classroom is a national site developed to support the new National 4HCCS Embryology curriculum released in 2001. Educators will find it extremely helpful as a resource for teaching embryology in the classroom.
• Virtual Tours of Farming Enterprises by PennAg Industries Association. Very good tours of an egg farm, broiler farm and egg packing plant.
• Answers to Commonly Asked Embryology Questions is a list of questions that have been received from teachers and youth over the years with a brief answer. Developed by Phillip Clauer.
• "Beginning of Life" Leaders Manual for Avian Embryology. A PDF copy of the leaders manual Phillip Clauer developed while at Virginia Tech. Contains a good bit of useful content material for the teacher.
• Virginia 4-H Virtual Farm will bring the farm to the classroom. Visit a commercial breeding farm and Hatchery and let the youth enjoy this interactive learning tool.
• Incubation and Embryology is designed by University of Illinois Extension to provide elementary and high school teachers with knowledge of the chicken's egg, its importance to man, and its role in reproduction of the species. Suggestions on how to use classroom incubation and embryonic development projects to enhance programs in science, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and art will be offered.
• Chickscope by the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign has some good material on embryology in the classroom and building your own incubators.
• Material from Purdue University
  Egg Structure             Embryo Anatomy        Oviduct Anatomy
• 4-H Embryology information from Mississippi State University.
  Avian Embryo discusses the formation of the egg and the avian embryo.
• "Embryology in the Classroom, Don't Chicken Out Due to Unnecessary Health Concerns"  A new fact sheet that discusses the facts about potential disease concerns for those involved in an embryology program.
Incubation
• Incubation Troubleshooting - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/res24-00.html
  some of the more common incubation troubleshooting issues. Click on the symptom to view possible causes and corrective measures.
  Trouble Shooting Failures with Egg Incubation - http://www.msstate.edu/dept/poultry/trouble.htm
  The information is in table format and includes the more common symptoms for incubation failures, the causes for each symptom, and the recommended corrective measures.  From the Poultry Extension Department at Mississippi State University.
  Care and Incubation of Hatching Eggs - http://www.msstate.edu/dept/poultry/hatch.htm  From the Poultry Extension Department at Mississippi State University.
  Operating a Still Air Model Incubator - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/res19-opincubator.html  , from the Univ. of Illinois Embryology and Incubation website.

  Incubating Eggs - Small Flock Fact sheet, Number 8 written by Phillip J. Clauer, Poultry Extension Specialist, Animal & Poultry Sciences Department - http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/poultry/factsheets/8.html

• Incubation and Embryonic Development, - http://ohioline.osu.edu/b633/index.html ,The Ohio State University 1998

  Hatching and Brooding Small Numbers of Chicks – http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/livestocksystems/DI0631.html by Melvin L. Hamre, Extension Poultry Specialist with The Univ. of Minnesota
  How To Hatch Chicken Eggs – http://www.howtodothings.com/pets-and-animals/a3158-how-to-hatch-chicken-eggs.html, from How to do things.com

• Basics of Incubation for the Home Flock http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/live/g1549/build/g1549.pdf University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension

• From Egg To Chick: Incubation Procedures - http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/resources/egg_to_chick/procedures.html
  from the Chickscope web site.

• COMMON INCUBATION PROBLEMS:  CAUSES AND REMEDIES
  - http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/Avian/pfs33.htm POULTRY FACT SHEET NO. 33 COOPERATIVE EXTENSION - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA July 1999

Embryological Development

• Embryological Development
  http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/explore/embryology/

Resources, Lesson Plans, Frequently Asked Questions and Activities

• Good List of RESOURCES - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/res00-index.html
  from the Univ. of Illinois Embryology and Incubation website.

• Incubation and Embryology Questions and Answers - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/res32-qa.html

• Activities - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/activities.html, These activities are provided in Adobe PDF format so that teachers can download a copy of the worksheets to print for their students.

• Lesson Plans - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/lessonplan.html

• Poultry: Reproduction & Incubation
  URL: http://msucares.com/poultry/reproductions/index.html from Mississippi State University