A team of teachers, scientists, and high school students at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has developed activities to teach concepts in learning through an inquiry-based laboratory method. The Learning Education and Research Network (LEARN) activities were field tested at the Society for Neuroscience Conference, in the classroom, and outside the classroom with groups such as the Girls Scouts. In this article, the authors discuss one of the LEARN activities entitled "Snail Tales." It is an inquiry-based exploratory lesson for students to investigate learning and memory using common garden snails. The authors also discuss a teacher-guided experiment, as well as student-designed experiments. (Contains 2 figures.)