Consider the matter of the human mind. Our Spotlight on Simple Machines just may make teaching easier. Students everywhere can wrap their hands around a rock. Now, help them to wrap their minds around the rock too. MicroWorlds Unpack your microscope and prepare for a voyage to unseen worlds.
Online resources offer exciting new opportunities for exploring the field of microscopy.
You haven't really seen something until you've seen it through a microscope. Perhaps the most time-consuming Spotlight feature of all, Telling Time explores the science of time. The Science Learning Network project explores how a whole school can transform itself using high-speed telecomputing throughout the school building. The Spotlight reveals some early findings. The educational possibilities for using the Internet in classrooms are limitless.