Students have to learn basic concepts in physics by applying the scientific method.
The results demonstrated the feasibility of such a laboratory. Distance collaboration in the context of a distributed science learning lab is possible. During the pilot project, the participants showed their commitment, interdependency and mutual complicity in the learning process. The pilot test also served to identify new features and options for their inclusion in the revised prototype. The improved prototype served as a model for an Internet based distributed science learning laboratory and was applied to other domains of physics such as mechanics, and waves and optics.