Students use the Internet as a tool to build cooperation and collaboration.
Teacher Jane Carlson-Pickering was looking for a way to incorporate technology into one of her favorite units, rocks and minerals. When a grant provided a video microscope, the stage was set for the fabulous online project and Web site called Sands of the World. With the help of her students, this educator has obtained samples of sand from all over the world and has posted up-close images on the Internet. Teachers all over the country use Microsoft Excel in ways that excite students about the power of math in everyday life. Surfing the Net is part art and part science.