They will learn about their event and the event-based approach that challenges them to think about environmental concerns from their own back yards. The same process will be used to think locally and conceptually. Groups of teams will take a New Jersey event and work through its analysis and implications. They will exchange data just as their students would. This interaction provides possibilities for a new awareness of commonalities and the breakdown of isolation.
Teams choose an event as the focus of their summer work.
Teachers plan their summer inquiry in order to anticipate the mini-workshop presenters in order to generate questions ahead of time. The resident team communicates with the presenters before their scheduled appearance by email, phone, and fax. Some content providers come to the Princeton University campus ready to respond to teacher questions through their presentations always being mindful of including the hard sciences. Other content providers come cognizant of the questions but with a set curriculum. Teachers choose these workshops when they serve their interests for the summer's work and their students' work during the academic year.