Students perform experiments and pursue ideas and investigations on their own initiative while the teacher provides individual attention and direction. Development of positive attitudes toward science by students is encouraged through hands-on activities. Kits of materials are manufactured and refurbished at the ESP site.
Teachers generate a request for the kits based on their district's curriculum design.
When returned to the ESP, the kits are refurbished and sent to teachers in other classrooms. Correlated with the kits are other resources such as teachers' guides, student books, activity sheets, transparencies and living materials. The ESP is. . . . . . Content, skills and teaching approaches vary from one kit to another. All kits include enough hands-on materials for an entire class of students. . . .