In addition to encouraging critical-thinking skills, brain busters, mind games, and science chats help to establish an atmosphere of wonder, contemplation, and speculation. They can also shed light on students' learning styles; their penchant for “out-of-the-box” thinking’ their prior experiences; and their ability to connect the class readings, discussions, and activities together. In addition, infusing these different categories into the classroom will help teachers to develop appropriate year-long goals for individual students.