ITG Technology Development: Chickscope

Chickscope is an inquiry-based learning and teaching program for K-12 classrooms. Chickscope is a web-based program that allows students to study chicken embryo development using a variety of educational resources, such as inquiry-based curriculum materials, interactive modules on egg mathematics and a remotely controlled MRI system.

Chickscope

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Other remote microscopy projects in the ITG

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Publications:

“B. Mason Fossum, B.C. Bruce, U. Thakkar, C.S. Potter, D.E. Weber, J. Sinn- Hanlon, Chickscope: An Innovative World Wide laboratory for K-12 Classrooms”, SIGGRAPH-98, Orlando, July 1998.

“B.C. Bruce, C.S. Potter, U. Thakkar and E. Greer, Chickscope Evaluation Framework: An Innovative World Wide Laboratory across K-12 Classrooms”, AERA Annual Meeting 1998.

“B.C. Bruce, B.O. Carragher, B.M. Damon, M.J. Dawson, J.A. Eurell, C.D. Gregory, P.C. Lauterbur, M.M. Marjanovic, B. Mason-Fossum, H.D. Morris, C.S. Potter and U. Thakkar, Chickscope: An interactive MRI Classroom Curriculum Innovation for K-12”, Computers and Education Journal Special Issue on Mulimedia, Volume 29, Number 2, pages 73-87 (1997).

“C.S. Potter, C.D. Gregory and P.C. Lauterbur, ChickScope: WWW control of an MRI for K-12 education”, Abstract,Fourth International Conference on Magnetic Resonance Microscopy and Macroscopy, September 21-25, 1997 Albuquerque, New Mexico

ITG Forums on Chickscope:

Illinois Chickscope: A professional development program for k-12 teachers, 27 August 1998

An update on the Chickscope project, 19 May 1998

Project Sponsors:

Illinois Consolidated Telephone Company

International Business Machines, Sponsored University Research Program