Many investigations have procedures and directions written for students to follow.
Without a student guide, the teacher must orchestrate everything the students do. With a student guide, students can become responsible for organizing their own learning tasks, for collecting and distributing supplies and for following directions on their own and with teammates. This means that teachers can focus on what students are learning and not on managing the activities. The program includes traditional concepts, but is organized very differently from the majority of curricula. In technology, they investigate the stability and strength of structures, and in health, students focus on nutrition and dental health.