<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> <br>Hi All,<div><br>I sent this yesterday, but it got filtered out by some machine since I didn't send it as a "reply".  So I am sending it again today.<br><br></div><div>This is the "old science teacher" in me talking...I think the Physics Activity has great potential for getting students interested in Physics and in thinking like scientists.  I watched a 13-year-old girl play with it at the Bozeman LUG meeting last week.  She loved experimenting with the shapes to see what they would do.</div><div><br></div><div>How do scientists think and work?  They observe, take notes, make predictions (hypotheses) test them, and repeat.  This program is perfect for that!  We need someone to design some simple experiments tied to curriculum goals that will help students of various levels enjoy "playing scientist" with the Physics Activity as they learn a tiny bit about physics and a lot about thinking like a scientist.<br><br>I haven't played enough to know what all is included in the Activity.  Does it have, for example, the option of changing the "material" an object is "made of"?  <br></div><div><br></div><div>Caryl</div><br></body> </html>