In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, students in Kim Ricchiuti and Shannon Romanchuk’s third-grade class read the book It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr, and participated in a science experiment called “Are Brown Eggs and White Eggs the Same Inside?,” during which they realized that, just like people, the eggs are the same on the inside. In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, students in Kim Ricchiuti and Shannon Romanchuk’s third-grade class at Babylon Memorial Grade School in the Babylon School District read the book It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr, and participated in a science experiment called “Are Brown Eggs and White Eggs the Same Inside?”

Keeping with the book’s mess age t hat a lt houg h people have individual characteristics they all remain the same inside, the students made predictions on what they thought was inside each egg. Working with partners, the students completed the five steps to an experiment and concluded that, just like people, the eggs were the same on the inside.