Walk-In Chicken Coop - Science Kit-Raise & Observe Backyard Chickens, with Curriculum & Worksheets
- 📚 Curriculum included:
- Lesson plan
- Printable worksheets
- Grades K–5 or 6–12
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Turn your backyard into a living science lab. Kids set up a walk-in metal chicken coop, then observe, record and care for a real flock day by day.
What's in the box
- Walk-in metal chicken coop (6.5 × 10 ft) with steel pipe frame
- Cover for the roof
- Spring-buckle connectors for quick assembly
What kids will learn
Grades K–5
- Name the basic needs of chickens (food, water, shelter, space) and how the coop meets them
- Observe and record everyday chicken behaviors such as pecking, scratching and dust bathing
- Explain how a shelter helps keep animals safe from weather and predators
- Build a daily animal-care routine and track it on a chart
Grades 6–12
- Measure the coop's floor area and calculate space per bird for different flock sizes
- Design a behavior study (ethogram), collect data over time and graph the results
- Investigate social structure in a flock, including the pecking order
- Analyze how the frame, mesh and cover work together as a structure, and evaluate animal-welfare and biosecurity practices
Curriculum and worksheets
Curriculum and worksheets are included and emailed to you after purchase.
Add-ons
Upgrade to 13 × 10 ft coop (+$95.00)
- A larger 13 × 10 ft walk-in coop in place of the 6.5 × 10 ft coop
Upgrade to 20 × 10 ft coop (+$172.00)
- A larger 20 × 10 ft walk-in coop in place of the 6.5 × 10 ft coop
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Every kit comes with an invitation to our Facebook group, "Aardvark's Seed Planting For Little Hands", where kids and parents can get support with anything they need.
You have 30 days after receiving your item to request a return. Items must be unused and in original packaging. Email aleksandr.gordon@gmail.com to start a return.
Walk-In Chicken Coop - Science Kit-Raise & Observe Backyard Chickens, with Curriculum & Worksheets
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What your curriculum looks like
Each kit's guide is a printable unit with grade-banded lessons, standards connections, worksheets and an answer key, emailed after purchase.
Example: our Orange Tree Rooting guide
- 33printable pages
- 9lessons, 2 grade bands
- NGSSstandards listed
- Keyanswer key & rubric
- How plants make new plantsNGSS 1-LS3-1
- Parts of a cuttingNGSS 4-LS1-1
- Preparing & planting the cuttingNGSS K-LS1-1
- Weekly observation & reflectionNGSS 3-LS1-1
- Sexual vs. asexual reproductionNGSS MS-LS3-2
- Plant hormones & root formationNGSS HS-LS1-4
- Cloning & grafting in agricultureNGSS MS-LS1-5
- Experimental setup & monitoringNGSS HS-LS1-3
- Results analysis & lab reportNGSS HS-LS1-4
Also inside: parent setup & safety, a day-by-day first-weeks plan, troubleshooting, a family care chart and a certificate to sign.
