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An after-school learning environment where young people explore their own interests and become
confident learners through the use of technology. Using the "original" Clubhouse as a
model, the Computer Clubhouse Network supports community-based Clubhouses around the world
http://www.computerclubhouse.org/
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Visual Understanding in Education
A non-profit organization that conducts developmentally-based educational research and disseminates
its findings. Its mission is to foster cognitive growth through interaction with art images,
through specially designed programs for schools and museums.
http://vue.org/
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Philosophy for Children
Provides a way to enhance the sense of community that is pivotal to philosophical inquiry in
Philosophy for Children; a way to extend community of inquiry beyond the space-time bounds of the
classroom; and a way to participate in inquiry on a multitude of levels.
http://www.p4c.net/
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"I Don't Know. Let's Do the Experiment": Microscopes, Cells, DNA and You
Hands-on, inquiry science resource for learning about and doing science, and teaching optics,
cells, and DNA.
http://chroma.mbt.washington.edu/outreach/hands_on_science.html
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The Natural History of Genes - A science education tool for teachers, students and families
Takes cutting-edge science from the laboratory to the classroom. Inquiry-based activities and
hands-on experiments encourage investigation and application of science concepts and ways to
confront misconceptions about DNA science.The site offers plans for making inexpensive lab
equipment and interactive pages where teachers and students can connect with scientists.
http://raven.umnh.utah.edu/
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Museum in the Classroom
Illinois State Museum and Brookfield Zoo provide online access to museum and zoo collections, data,
and expertise. Students from partner schools visit the museum and zoo to take digital images of
their holdings and meet with the staffs.
http://www.museum.state.il.us/mic_home/
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Illinois Chickscope
A professional development program using the Chickscope approach for P-12 teachers in Illinois.
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/projects/inquiry/chickscope/chickscope/
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Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, Office of
Promotes collaboration in the innovative use of new technologies in mathematics and science
education
http://www.mste.uiuc.edu
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Physics Outreach
A set of projects by the U. of Illinois Physics Department, including Physics Van and Operation
Physics, designed to enhance the learning of physics in K-12 classrooms.
http://web.physics.uiuc.edu/outreach/
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Developing Inquiring Communities in Education Project
Practitioners and university-based researchers committed to action research and promoting inquiry
as a key mode of learning and teaching.
http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/~ctd/DICEP/
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Biology Guided Inquiry Learning Environment (BGuILE)
Inquiry-based learning environment for high school biology, using computers to support student
investigations.
http://www.ls.sesp.nwu.edu/bguile/
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Chickscope 1.5
Students raise chicken embryos in the classroom and obtain magnetic resonance images through the
Internet.
http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/
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