Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program for K-12 Teachers of Mathematics and Science


Chickscope at Diamond Grade School 1999

In the spring of 1999, a first-grade class at Diamond Grade School (Oakwood School District) located on the west edge of Danville, Illinois interacted with the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in the Chickscope project. This diary captures the experiences of incubation through hatching and brooding of chicken eggs. This page has been created by Shirley Vestal, first-grade teacher; Marsha Gritton, sixth-grade teacher; Akihiko Takahashi, graduate assistant at Office of Educational Technology at UIUC; and Nick Exner, graduate student in math education at UIUC.

Day 1: Eggs in the incubator / Egg, Chicken Literature

Day 9: Chickscope Yolk of the Day

Day 17: Egg Puzzle

Day 2: Candling / What I Know

Day 10: Developing Chicken

Day 18

Day 3

Day 11

Day 19

Day 4

Day 12

Day 20

Day 5

Day 13

Day 21: Brooding Box (Scan picture)

Day 6

Day 14: Candling

Day 22: Hatching

Day 7: What I Want to Learn / Candling

Day 15

Day 23: What I Learned

Day 8: Green Eggs and Sam

Day 16: Pipping