True story (from Ms. Lane--hi, everyone!)

When I was a kid, people would ask me, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

My response: “Healthy.” Not the answer they expected from a kid, but I read a lot of books & grew up in a time in which unhealthy behaviors were fashionable--tanning without sunscreen, smoking cigarettes, and eating processed convenience foods “with added vitamins and minerals.” It seemed like a sham, although I didn’t know for a long time why it was.

Here's where I answer your questions.

Your mission: to live long and prosper. (Seriously, that’s your mission, whether you’re in science class or not.)

If you're on this page, you're invited to select from the activities on the left.

1. How is this used in science class for a grade?

• There are four boxes; each box is a full activity.

• For each activity that you complete, you can exchange it for two assignments in science class. These assignments are at the discretion of your science teacher--pretty sure this doesn't mean you can skip out on a test or major project. But, nice try.

2. How long should my products be?

• All written products have a LIMIT of 2 pages. Say what you must say, then cease. Brevity is a gift. Verbosity is exhausting.

• All video/multimedia products have a LIMIT of 5 minutes. Three minutes is a "magic" number for the human attention span. Shoot for that.

3. Which one(s) should I do?

• Do one. Do all of them. Do some of them.

• Do the ones that interest you, that speak to your mind and spirit.

• These are respectfully designed for your different kinds of minds. I hope you enjoy these explorations.