Cheryl Potocki, Steve Satalino, Chuck Biehl, Marybeth Cote, Debbie Ott, Eileen Saddow, Dave Schoenbach, Bill Tressler and Dawn Vega

Potocki and her eight colleagues within the Charter School of Wilmington's math department developed the "Math Lab" program specifically designed for this math and science specialty school. All 950 students will benefit from the "Math Lab", allowing them to ideally perform data gathering math activities. The lab will also allow the teachers to run more dynamic classes. The ultimate "Math Lab" will consist of 10 student work stations and one teacher station, each equipped with work surface space for three students, a computer with a variety of software to help with the math related activities, and a CBL and CBR (Texas Instruments tools that attach data-collecting probes to the students' graphing calculator or a PC). By creating this hands-on math lab, the team hopes to make math more fun and engaging as well as help students better retain what they learn.