Project Interactivate offers computer-based courseware to accompany several middle school mathematics programs. Resources include Java Applets, worksheets, and supporting materials, including Web links to data resources and important definitions. This companion to the PBS television series of the same name offers broadcast schedules, an area to contact scientists, and activities to do at home. Teaching guides are placed online two weeks in advance of when shows will be broadcast. An archive of teaching guides from previous seasons is also available, as is information on ordering videotapes.
Visitors can choose to make spacey things, such as a relief map puzzle or topographic map.
Other areas to visit offer brief articles, word games and puzzles, and space facts. This Web site provides word problems for students in grades 5-12. The problems are designed to improve problem solving skills and are classified into grade levels. Students are encouraged to carefully think about how they would solve a problem and to make sure they understand all parts of the solution when they are done. Send us your suggestions for Digital Dozen sites.