ScienceNet is a web-based collaborative learning environment that contains hands-on physical science activities and projects for middle school teachers to use in their classrooms. Students need to be given the opportunity to develop creativity, responsibility and higher order thinking skills. A problem solving, project based approach can provide a balance in which students learn content but are also challenged to be creative while developing the process skills that are so vital to science. In addition to the projects, this website contains materials and methods for evaluating the activities, multimedia resources, links to JAVA applets, and content specific reference material to provide background information for teachers. The Motion Media Grapher located on the Projects page is an innovative software utility designed to be modified by teachers and students for detailed project analysis. Suggestions for additional projects should be made through the Contributors page.

Last Updated: August 31, 2007