Students may participate as part of a classroom activity, weekly school assignment, or through independent interest. Participating students submit their solutions which are reviewed by a Visiting Math Mentor. Students who correctly answer the challenge are recognized on the program's website, and the most creative solutions are highlighted. The Geometry Problem of the Week website posts weekly geometry problems to which students can submit a solution by e-mail. Students who submit solutions during the week receive feedback and pointers to improve or correct their solutions, and can resubmit them.
Students can submit solutions individually or in pairs.
For a given week's problem, one professional volunteer from The Math Forum responds to all the submitted solutions. The website also features a searchable archive including past problems and solutions. Observations include measuring air temperature, precipitation, water temperature and pH and other important environmental parameters. The materials include data sets with appropriate explanations, student activities, and teacher background information delivered to classrooms via pages on the World Wide Web. Real-time data is used where possible.