What's New

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

- This update is a major redesign and re-engineering of the Zydeco system to improve usability, performance, and stability. Additionally, we added the functionality to create and edit explanations on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
- When you update to this version your local data will be deleted and it will be re-downloaded from the website. As long as you have your data synced to the website nothing will be lost.

App Description

Now kids can do science inquiry on-the-go in fun and engaging ways!

Centered on an open-ended question, this iPad app comes will all the tools to help kids engage in planning scientific investigations, collecting and annotating multimedia data from anywhere, and analyzing that data to create scientific explanations. This app helps motivate kids to do science by promoting learning with others, collecting data that is interesting to them, and allowing ownership over their data. This app is ideal for inquisitive kids of all ages, class field trips, summer camps, and homeschoolers!

Educators at the University of Michigan and throughout Southeast Michigan have designed Zydeco. For more information, visit http://zydeco.soe.umich.edu/

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 10, 2014 Initial release
  • October 26, 2014 New version 1.3
  • May 14, 2015 New version 2.0