When was the last time you enjoyed a chemistry class? If you ask the seventh-graders at Roosevelt school, you might be surprised by the answer.

“It’s really, really fun!” said Roosevelt student Allison Ferdinando.

The reason kids are enjoying chemistry is because of their new PDAs. The Dell Axim is a rechargeable handheld unit, with 64 megabytes of memory. Additional memory can be added with a small card. Each unit costs about $250. Seventh- and eighth-graders in the district have 25 units allocated to each of their science labs. It can “beam,” or wirelessly transfer, information between teacher and students.

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