But it sounds like you're still thinking "biology, chemisty, physics," Wren, and my point is to suggest going beyond that narrow framework, while still attending to academic subjects.

That's what I mean about lateral thinking.

Instead of spending just a week on plate tectonics and a week on volcanoes or whatever, spend more time going in depth with sciences that get little attention like geology or astronomy--heck, discover some new asteroid or something!--or dig into soft sciences like psychology. Or what about something like archaeology that usually gets *no* attention in high school, but is a very interesting subject with lots of great resources available?

There's an awful lot of information in the world. It's hard for me to believe that you can run out by age 12, no matter how fast the kid can plow through it!

Kriston