EGGSPERIMENT

Dates:

Egg logs are due:

 You are totally responsible for the care of an egg for the duration of this
eggsperiment. You must parent the egg 24 hours a day for the duration of this unit.
This project will end and is due the day of your test.

 You must care for the egg as if it were your real child. You may not leave it in
your locker, car, or home alone. When you leave your house in the evening, you must
either take the baby with you or find a qualified egg-sitter to care for it. The dog, cat or
bird is not a qualified sitter. You must have the egg in its carrier or out in the open—it
may not be stored in a backpack or refrigerator. DO NOT HARD BOIL YOUR EGG.

 Your egg baby must attend class with you each day. Egg attendance is taken each day
in Psychology and all egg absences will be recorded. Some random teachers will also
be doing checks to see if the egg is being properly cared for.

 Attendance and care points are awarded each day in class according to the following
standards:
 Your unbroken egg arrives safely to Ms. Reeser’s classroom and is present
when egg attendance is taken. (The egg must be yours… no kidnapping!)
 The egg is properly taken care of during class.

Total point value for bringing the egg to class and caring for it for the day=
5 points per day.

If you are discovered to have deserted your egg or left it unattended (by Ms. Reeser or another
teacher), without the care of a qualified eggsitter, you will lose your points for the day.

 You must keep a written record of activities that you and the egg do together. Keep
this record as a daily log in the form of a list. Each entry should tell about your
activities with the egg.

Example:

Tuesday 4/11/08:
1. Egg sat on counter as I brushed my teeth and got ready for school
2. Drove to school with egg in an egg-infant seat
3. Teacher eggsat while I went to the bathroom
4. Girlfriend babysat during my gym class (4th Hour). Weightlifting
 seemed dangerous for the egg to be around
5. Problem finding a safe place to leave egg while buying lunch
6. Mom eggsat while I went to practice. Paid mom one dollar.
7-10. ETC.

 You should have at least ten entries per day for each of the days that you parent the
egg. Your first log and signature is for_______________________. Log entries
should be varied each day. (Shouldn’t be mentioning the same exact things)

You should continue to keep the log on days that you are not in school (including
weekends & sick days).

Total point value for the logs = 5 points per day

 If your egg breaks while in school, YOU are responsible for

IMMEDIATELY cleaning up the mess that YOUR child made. Do not leave
it for the custodians to clean or just leave it, if this happens you will get no
credit for the egg assignment at all.
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 If your egg breaks you may adopt another one from your refrigerator. You will lose all
your care points for the day if breakage occurs.

 Logs can be hand-written or typed (just make sure I can read it to give you points).
You may place more than one day’s log on each page. Please have all of the entries for
one day on the same page.

If you have any questions, please come and ask me. I would be glad to clarify for you
anything about this project. I hope you enjoy your new parenthood experience, and hope it
teaches a lesson regarding the responsibility required and a high school student’s readiness to
become a parent and your subsequent decisions regarding that.
 EGG BABY APPLICATION QUESTIONS

Due date: ____________________________________

Type the answers to these questions in addition to your log.

Answers should be age-appropriate, so keep your child’s age in mind.

1. What’s your baby’s name and age?

2. Is your baby female or male? Which sex chromosomes does your child have?

3. Name three reflexes your baby has demonstrated in the past and describe what your
baby did which made you decide it was that type of reflex.

4. Describe two gender roles your child might learn from growing up in your home
environment?

5. Has your baby developed or gotten over stranger anxiety yet? How do you know?
(name a behavior which would let you alert you to the presence of stranger anxiety)

6. What sort of temperament does your baby have? How do you know?
(name two aspects of behavior that would alert you to temperament)

7. What sort of attachment style characterizes your baby? How do you know?
(describe how you could tell what the attachment style is)

8. How do you implement Harry Harlow’s research with your child? If you don’t, why not?
(describe how you use the research found by Harlow or not)

9. What parenting style do you exercise with your child? Give an example of a behavior of
yours that would demonstrate your parenting style.

10. Which stage of cognitive development is your child at? Give an example of something
your child does that shows they are at that stage (aside from age).

11. Which stage of psychosocial development is your child at? Describe the conflicts
being dealt with by your child? What would make them successful in that stage that you
could do to help?

Reflection Questions:

12. What aspects of your schedule did you change or have to exclude your baby from the
most? Who did you trust most with your child if you could not be around?

13. Would you parent differently from your parents? If so, how? If not, what would you keep
the same?