(NEWSnet/AP) — About 40,000 people are expected to participate Monday in the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.

Jill Biden, a teacher for more than 30 years, is transforming an annual tradition as an “EGG-ucational” experience. Various stations on the South Lawn and Ellipse will teach children about farming, healthful eating and  exercise.

They’ll still get to coax hard-boiled eggs across the lawn to a finish line.

A large schoolhouse set up on the South Lawn will offer activities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, such as making circuit-breakers or simulating a fossil dig. Children also have the opportunity to write notes to U.S. troops and first-responders with Operation Gratitude, a nonprofit organization.

Guests include military and veteran families, their caregivers and survivors. Members of the public claimed tickets through an online lottery.

The White House Easter Egg Roll dates to 1878,  when President Rutherford B. Hayes opened the White House lawn to children after they were told to leave the grounds of the U.S. Capitol.

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