WGBH brings ZOOM back to PBS to give a new generation of 6- to 12-year-olds a chance to explore, experiment, and share their creativity with the world. Like the original series, the ZOOM pilot features a cast of seven children who dance, sing, build bridges, solve puzzles, play games, and tell jokes. Every idea and activity on the pilot comes from kids who are credited on-air for their contributions. What' s new about ZOOM is an enhanced educational focus and an outreach campaign that makes use of new communication technologies, including e-mail, home video, and web sites. The pilot is being broadcast to get kids to send in their ideas which will in turn fuel the production of the ZOOM series - 40 half-hour daily programs to air on PBS in January 1999 to PBS's Ready to Learn lineup.