It is important for educators to address the diverse learning styles that exist within the students found in their courses and to try new ideas. Different people have different ways of telling other people what they know. The authors of this article contend that it is vital to incorporate lesson plans/activities that address students who have different visual, verbal, tactile, kinesthetic, and/or auditory learning styles. Therefore it is essential that all students have a chance to be heard through the lessons offered them as well as providing them with authentic assessment on their assignments. The authors of this paper have a history of instilling "Out of the Box" opportunities through inquiry-based experiments/activities for their courses. For example, the learning experience discussed in this paper, which involved a six-week project devoted to observing, researching, and sharing information about living organisms contained in the laboratory and/or students' residences, allowed students to be innovative in their writings and provided for creative thinking and expression. (Contains 10 figures and 2 tables.)