Project Activities
Technology development entails designing the platform interface and constructing algorithms that simulate typical dissection actions in 3D. Such actions include cutting with a scalpel, tugging with tweezers, and probing with a blunt probe, as well as actions that are not possible in physical dissection, such as endoscopy or watching a beating heart. Content development entails designing curriculum that aligns to biological science standards. The evaluation will compare students' learning and mastery of anatomy with V-Frog to those performing actual physical dissections.
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Products: Products will include the V-Frog 1.0, a PC-based virtual reality frog dissection software program. Because the product will be virtual, students will be able to watch the heart beat, conduct a endoscopy to explore the alimentary canal, or make the skin transparent to gain insight into underlying muscular, skeletal, and organ systems. The V-Frog software will also include a student laboratory report and a test bank of questions for learning assessment.
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