1. This work was suppoi in part by the Fund for Improvement of Post-secondary Education (FIPSE) of the U.S. Department of Education under the “Tools for Scientific Thinking” project and “Interactive Physics” at Tufts University, the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Education, the Board of Regents of Massachusetts, and Apple Computer, Inc.
2. Technical Education Research Centers, 1696 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
3. The HRM Motion, Heat and Temperature and Sound microcomputer-based laboratory tools are available from Queue, Inc., 338 Commerce Drive, Fairfield, CT 06430.
4. For more information write to Ronald Thornton, Center for Science and Mathematics Teaching, Lincoln- Filene Building, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155 and Prof. Priscilla Laws, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA 17013. These materials are available through Vernier Software, 2920 S.W. 89th Street, Portland, OR 97225.
5. The motion, heat and temperature and sound curricula were inspired by the middle school curriculum originally written at TERC.