Find "Jabberwocky" on the Web. What does a Jabberwock look like? Invent a new word for the Jabberwock to do. Describe a slivvy. Would you want a Jabberwock and why? Why should you beware of the Bandersnatch? Does anyone or anything famous have Jabberwocky as a nickname?

Find the maritime flag system and write your first name in the code. When did this convention of signaling start? Why did it start? What is the difference between the maritime flag system, the semaphore system, and the morse code? Create a new flag system that combines the maritime and semaphore systems for signaling between two ships in a non-peaceful situtation.

Find the acidity of a lake of your choice in upstate New York for any given year in the 1990s. Estimate the acidic value for this lake in the next ten years. Why can't the acid rain concerns of upstate New York be controlled by the New York State Legislature? How might they be addressed?

What were some of your favorite Mark Twain quotes? What were some of his favorites? What entertainments did the author enjoy? What advice would Twain have for teenagers today? If Twain had run for the presidency, what might his platform have been?

Who developed matchbook cars and when did they develop them? Is there a standard scale? What are the price ranges for the 1950 and 1990 editiions. By the same scale as the 1990 cars, how high would be a model of the Statue of Liberty? President Clinton?

Find some commonalities and differences between the 1896 and the 1996 Olympic games. What were their locations? Compare the statistics for each year concerning winners' times, prizes, countries represented. What was the role of technology in each of these games?

What is an early (historically) indication of juggling skills? Visit sites that describe the motions, visually and mthematically, and provide an estimate of the level of high school mathematics (algebra, geometry, trigonometry, coordinate geometry, calculus, statistics) needed to analyze the movements. What careers/occupations could a knowledge of juggling enhance?