The password-protected website includes digital labs where students can monitor the scientists' research, and post the results of their own experiments. Teachers and students can participate in chat sessions with the scientists or engage in book group discussions with students around the country. During the one-hour broadcast session, students will have the opportunity to talk via email with scientists about their research, and see the sites where the research is taking place. They will see first-hand that scientists often explore exotic locations such as Hawaii, and they also will be introduced to amazing new technology that allows them to interact with researchers hundreds of miles away. They will even discover that scientists and students can do similar research in their own backyards.
Few schools have the resources for that kind of interactive experience.