• Outcome I: New IMMEX Problem Sets: School Year 2002-2003, Year 4 HHMI Grant 1a. The creation of six additional IMMEX problem sets during school year 2002-2003. 1. Road Trip: Grade 8, Motion 2. Energy Crisis: Grade 6, Energy 3. RXN: Grade 8, Chemical Reactions 4. Spy Stuff: Grade 7, Light 5. Terraform: Grade 7, Planetary Science 6. Bulldozed Bones: Grade 7, Anatomy IMMEX Problem Sets: School Years 1999-2002, Years 1-3 HHMI Grant 1b. The construction of 15 IMMEX problem sets during school years 1999 to 2002, the first three years of the HHMI grant. 1. Foss Iss Boss: Grade 9, Earthquakes 2. Eroding Earth: Grade 4, Geology 3. Elemental Mystery: Grade 7, Chemical Reactions 4. Duhwayne's World: Grade 5, Weather 5. How Dense R U?: Grade 8, Density 6. Dynamic Land: Grade 6, Geology and Geography 7. Fault Files: Grade 6, Volcanoes 8. Kelp Killers: Grade 6, Ecology 9. BackBay Watch: AP Biology, Disease Control 10. Rock `N, Roll: Grade 6 , Geology 11. Weather Today: Grade 5, Weather 12. Food Chain Gang: Grade 4, Ecology 13. CARtastrophy: Grade 8, Forces 14. Cellular Solution: Grade 7, Cell Biology 15. PowderX: Grade 3, Chemical Reactions
• Outcome II: 9967 Student Problem-Solving Performances Kentucky: Completed Performances, School Year 2002-2003: 3702 Placentia Yorba Linda School District: Completed Performances, School Year 2002-2003: 6265
• Outcome III: Key Partners Awarded $3 M in Grants to Sustain and Expand Program iiia. National Science Foundation Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers Grant (ITEST) Grant Award ESI-0323036, $1.12 M: Fayette County Public Schools Kentucky (See Appendix Materials for Abstract). iiib. California Department of Education, Enhancing Education through Technology (EETT) Grant, $1.9 M: Placentia Yorba Linda School District (PYLUSD) IMMEX Technology Project, Program Summary (See Appendix Materials for Abstract).

• As the software developed and increasingly makes its way into the classrooms, the challenge becomes how to include all students in the dissemination efforts, not just those of early adopter teachers. Our approach has been to build district-wide trust and teacher technology capacity through not only science-related activities, but also through general technology training activities.
• Insuring comprehensive coverage and support across many grade levels remains a formidable challenge. Even the best simulations can become inappropriate outside of the grade level they were designed for. We find a need for more software at all grade levels.

• Approximately 150 science-related problem sets are available at the IMMEX website (http://www.immex.ucla.edu) that can be used by any teacher for their classrooms. The IMMEX cases authored by our partner teachers have been performed by over 170,000 students nationwide over the past four years. They have served as the focus for multiple professional development and student activities and are generating information on how students approach and solve science problems. Five teacher participants have received advanced degrees based on their IMMEX-related activities.
• We have initiated the targeted development of online problem sets aligned with the Beckman kits hands-on activities. These are targeted for grades K-6 and are designed to expand and enrich the hands-on simulations. We have begun district-wide adoption of online problem solving across a district of 27,000 students. Evaluations have shown that in such expansions, People Matter, Resources Matter, and Context Matters.

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