• Teachers need opportunities to share strategies for managing effective learning assessments including journals, lab reports, posters, portfolios, and oral presentations.
• Kits that are well designed and include everything needed for activities or experiments are essential to hands-on inquiry science. However, most schools do not have science budgets that support this kind of teaching.

• Accommodating the expanding base of teachers, scientists, collaborators, etc. in our program generates growing challenges in maintaining effective communications.
• We need more effective mechanisms to document the impact of our program over time.

• The Spanish Flu and Its Legacy from the College Board is a curriculum piece which uses a case study approach to encourage interdisciplinary teaching and learning. This approach encompasses the disciplines of science, sociology, economics, history and literature.The case of the Spanish Flu engages students in solving a real problem with hands-on activities and develops critical thinking skills. Ordering information is available at http://www.collegeboard.org.
• The NIH Curriculum Supplement Series from NIH, BSCS, and Videodiscovery is standards-based series on Cell Biology and Cancer, Human Genetic Variation and Infectious Diseases. These curricula use current scientific data and inquiry-based activities to enhance student learning. These modules have extensive scientific background information and suggestions for implementing the materials in the classroom. The supplement series and accompanying CD-ROMs are available free from the NIH at http://science-education.nih.gov/

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