Answering such puzzlers is the aim of a Web site designed by PBS, with help from IBM and CBS, that uses the Olympics to teach math, science, and social studies concepts to students, grades 4 through 8. Students reason through problems and, guided to sites including that of National Geographic , find the answers. Cyber School shows the promise of computer learning, but also its irritations.
Some online resources needed for problem-solving are frustratingly slow or contain ads.
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