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Learning in Action

Candling

• 4-H Hatching Classroom Projects: pages 20-21
• Learn three reasons why eggs are candled
• Work together to construct a candler
• Practice using a candler on store bought eggs

Words of the Day

• Air Cell: the air pocket that forms between the inner and outer shell membranes.
• Candling: shining a bright light through an egg in order to observe its interior.
• Candler: an instrument that shines a bright light on incubating eggs so that their development can be observed.