The group has curriculum development projects in science, mathematics, English, Pacific and Asian studies, Hawaiian and Polynesian studies, Japanese language and culture, music, health and nutrition, art, drama, technology and computer education. Research and school service projects focus on educational evaluation, teacher development, reduction of in-school segregation of students and programs for students educationally at risk. The work of CRDG helps find ways to put research findings into practice in classrooms.
Content is organized into three strands called physical science, ecology and relational study.
Relational study focuses on the interrelationships of the science disciplines and the interactions of science and society. The program consists of three 1-year courses intended to be studied sequentially. FAST departs radically from conventional approaches to science teaching at the middle school level. The newest international participants are Russia and Slovakia. Educators there sought permission to translate FAST into Russian and Slovakian and to pilot test the program.