Inside Out Science

🐸 So many specimens… so little time.

But let’s be real... sometimes the hardest part of dissection day isn’t the lab… it’s the emails 😅

If you’ve ever had:
✉️ parent concerns
✉️ opt-out requests
✉️ last-minute confusion
I made something for you...
⭐️ A free Dissection Prep Pack (including my go-to opt-out letter). Grab it here: https://bit.ly/4nHOqsE

Looking for a hands-on way to teach the chick life cycle - without live egg hatching? 🐣When Animalearn reached out and asked me to make a chick life cycle model for the Hatching Kindness Project, I thought a lot about how I could make a model where students could connect with what's happening inside, but also connect with the hen who lays the eggs as well. It is a package deal, after all. 🐣🐓❤️

In this comprehensive differentiated lesson, elementary and middle school students can explore the process from the inside out as they:
..learn how eggs form inside the hen
..build and sequence all 21 days of chick development
and examine the structures that support life inside the egg.
They also learn about hen anatomy and how humans and chickens are related through vertebrate embryology. They even incubate their egg model in a paper nest! Add on an S.E.L. project called "What idea will you hatch?" and you've got a great unit for the spring. 🌷

It’s designed to be a hands-on, classroom-friendly, and humane alternative to egg hatching projects, while still giving students a meaningful, engaging experience.

See what's hatching here: https://insideoutscience.org/store/chick-life-cycle

What spring projects are you hatching in your classroom?

You know you’re a scientist when you get excited about p**p! I’ve never seen an owl pellet outside of a classroom… found this on my driveway this morning. Plot twist - that’s a bird wing in there! SO cool! Pretty sure this is a barred owl pellet. They’ve been hanging out in our neighborhood this year, hootin’ and a hollerin’ right at dusk each night. I’m currently working on my owl communication skills. I’m sure my neighbors love me… 🦉😂🤷‍♀️🐸❤️

Which came first… the egg or the chicken? 🥚🐣🐓
It looks like it happens overnight… but this transformation is doing a LOT behind the scenes... comma-shaped blob → baby chick really fast!

✨ Coming soon: Chicken Life Cycle Model in partnership with Animalearn and the Hatching Kindness Project

👇 What would your students say?

Packing 100 vinyl dissection kits for Carolina 😳🐸❤️

This order is headed to Carolina Biological Supply Company, where Inside Out Science models are already hanging out on the shelves - just with a fresh new name.

What you don’t see in this video? No big machines. No assembly lines.
Just me (and occasionally my family 😄) packing every single kit by hand.

Inside every kit is everything your students need for a hands-on dissection experience (without the specimen):
✔ Oversized dissection tray sticker
✔ Larger-than-life-size vinyl model (with easy punch-out)
✔ Glue + Velcro dots
✔ Digital classroom version

Inside Out Science is a small, woman-owned business built on the belief that science can be both engaging and humane.
Find your kit through Carolina or directly through Inside Out Science 🙌