Miss Mayfield Year 6 science.
Task 1
Colour the egg cell red. Colour the yolk yellow. Colour the albumen light blue.
Colour the chalazae grey.
Task 2
When we drop an acid solution onto the egg shell, it starts to fizz. Suggest what the outside of the egg could be made out of.______________________________
Task 3
Why are the chalazae so important? Why are there 2 of them?
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Where does the chick first start growing?_________________________________
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What would happen if there was no yolk in the egg?
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Miss Mayfield Year 6 science.
Write the correct number under the picture to show the order of development.
Describe how the different parts of the egg change through development. Look at the albumen, yolk sac and amnion (the sac that protects the developing foetus).
Using the information on the other side of the sheet, complete the questions below.
Albumen. How/why the size and shape has changed.________________________
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Yolk sac.____________________________________________________________
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Amnion. ____________________________________________________________
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