Whenever possible, students are encouraged to create an arts expression of their project. The ability to take a concept in mathematics, for example, and render it through art, provides the student another avenue to think alternatively, use a different symbol system, and solve problems in creative ways. These products are not models - they must interpret, or create something new; they will leave the realm of craft and enter that of art; they show a "leap of the imagination."

Examples of student research projects:

• Isadora Duncan: what kind of a person, and what kind of a dancer was she?
   
• Muscles: why can some athletes work their body harder and longer?
   
• Poetry: what makes a good poet?
   
• Architecture: What are the mechanics of building design and the principles that govern it? How does one achieve balance between aesthetics and function?
   
• Ocean Exploration: How did manned submersibles change the way the ocean is explored?
   
• Dogs: How do dogs think? What do they see? How can their behavior bring us to understanding these things?
   
• Primates: How do humans train monkeys to communicate? Why are primates able to learn sign language and other creatures are not?