The materials used in each of the activities are safe, and easy to find. Many of them the teachers will already have in their classrooms. In the afternoon session, the focus shifts from teachers developing their own understanding of specific science concepts to teachers finding ways of enhancing their students' understanding of these concepts. To this end, the afternoon is devoted to teachers working in groups as they investigate what young children think about selected science concepts. The groups then work to design, test, and present science instructional activities for their children.
Teachers therefore leave the workshop ready to teach some of what they have just learned.