Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui karakteristik dan menganalisis kelayakan media interaktif ipa berbasis macromedia flash 8 pada materi perkembangan manusia untuk kelas viii smpn negeri 6 tarakan. media interaktif ipa berbasis macromedia flash 8 yang dikembangkan menggunakan model pengembangan luther. model luther memiliki enam tahap, namun penelitian ini dibatasi sampai pada tahap ke lima yaitu testing. media yang dikembangkan divalidasi oleh lima validator yaitu dua ahli media, satu ahli materi dan dua ahli praktisi (guru biologi). uji coba lapangan dilakukan di sekolah smp negeri 6 tarakan pada kelas viii a sebanyak 33 siswa. hasil validasi mendapatkan nilai persentase 85% dengan kriteria sangat layak. ahli media mendapatkan nilai persentase 85% dengan kriteria sangat layak, ahli materi mendapatkan peresentase 93% dengan kriteria sangat layak, ahli praktisi (respon guru) mendapatkan peresentse 91 % dengan kriteria sangat layak dan uji coba lapangan utama respon siswa mendapatkan nilai persentase 90% dengan kriteria sangat layak.

This research aims to know the characteristic and analyze appropriateness the science interactive media based macromedia flash 8 on the lesson about human growth for viii grade at smpn 6 tarakan. the science interactive based macromedia flash 8 developed use luther development model. luther model has six step, but in this research limited until the fifth step, that is testing. this media developed and validated by five validator that are two media experts, one material expert and two practitioners (biology teacher) the field trial did at smpn 6 tarakan on the viii a grade with total 33 students. the validation result got the percentage 85% with the criteriais very worthy, media expert got the result 85% with the criteria is very worthy, materials expert got the percentage 93% with the criteria is very worthy. practitioner expert (reacher respon) got the percentage 91% with the criteria is very worthy and the students first field trials got the percentage 90% with the criteria very worthy.